The history of wound dressing

Jerzy Król; Jan Bylica

doi:10.5114/pm.2020.95862

eISSN: 2081-2833
ISSN: 2081-0016

Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine

Current issue Archive Manuscripts accepted About the journal Editorial board Abstracting and indexing Subscription Contact Instructions for authors Ethical standards and procedures

Editorial System

Submit your Manuscript

1/2020
vol. 12

Send email

Copy url:

abstract:

Review article

The history of wound dressing

Jerzy Aleksander Król

¹

,

Jan Bylica

¹

Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie

Medycyna Paliatywna 2020; 12(1): 8–17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pm.2020.95862

Online publish date: 2020/05/31

View full text Get citation

PlumX metrics:

Wound dressing was one of the first medical actions that was performed by mankind. Throughout the centuries it was considered an art, and it developed faster than other branches of medicine. This composition describes progress in wound healing made by humankind, starting with sorcery rituals and herbalism in prehistory right through to modern techniques such as: disinfection, cleansing, and dressing with help of sterile materials. Like in other medical areas, the wound dressing was not without errors, unsuccessful experiments, and failures, which led to the deaths of a great number of patients. The article pays attention to the sacrifice not only made by many generations of scientists but also by patients who had to devote their lives to the development of medical knowledge.

keywords:

The history of wound dressing

Jerzy Aleksander Król 1 , Jan Bylica 1

wound dressing, history of medicine, wounds

Jerzy Aleksander Król

¹

,

Jan Bylica

¹