2- Def, History, Law Flashcards

1
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define anesthesia

A

temporary loss of sensation in a living body either with the patient conscious (LA) or unconscious (GA)

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2
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who coined the term anesthesia

A

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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3
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verse where God created Eve (first anesthesiologist)

A

Genesis 2:21

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4
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verse: alcohol can cause loss of sensation

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Genesis 9:21

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5
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Homer

A

Nepenth

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6
Q

causes numbness and insensitivity

A

Hyoscine

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7
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ancient and medieval times (drugs)

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Nepenth
Hua Tuo
opium
Hyoscine
Cannabis
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8
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ancient and medieval times (non-drug method)

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cold
concussion
hypnosis
blood-letting
compression
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9
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18th century: Animal magnetism

A

Mesmer

1772

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10
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18th century: Nitrous oxide/laughing gas

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Priestley

1777

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11
Q

nitrous oxide but this time he published his work but people didnt believe that a gas can numb px or make a patient lose his sensation

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Humphrey Davy

1800

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12
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used carbon dioxide on animals instead of nitrous oxide

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Henry Hill Hickman
1830
19th century

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13
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effect almost the same as laughing gas

A

ether frolics

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14
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used in parties as form of entertainment

A

ether frolics

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15
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used in frog dissections to induce sleep

A

chloroform (ether frolics)

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16
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well known medical practitioner who sponsors parties na may ether

A

Georgia Crawford Long

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17
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dentist fro Hartford, Connecticut

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Horace Wells

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18
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attended a presentation by Gardner Q. Colton on NO2

A

Horace Wells

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19
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noticed that one of the volunteers couldn’t feel pain from a wound so the next day, he performed an extraction using NO2 and it worked

A

Horace Wells

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20
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when he did a demo in front of people at Massachusetts General Hospital but failed bec he didnt know that it’s dose-related

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Horace Wells

21
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became dependent on NO2 himself

A

Horace Wells

22
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worked with Charles T. Jackson on ether

A

William T.G. Morton

23
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made a successful demo at the MGH in Boston with John C. Warren

A

William T.G. Morton

24
Q

Marketed “Letheon”

A

William T.G. Morton

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chemist who suggested use of ether to Morton
Charles Jackson
26
surgeon who performed surgery for the demo of morton
John Warren
27
father of anes according to Dr. Ramos
Horace Wells
28
US Congress awarded the recognition to __ in 1872 | Father of Anes
William Morton
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ADA and AMA awarded the recognition to __ in 1864 | Father of Anes
Horace Wells
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produced a hypodermic syringe designed for injecting drugs used in ophthalmic veterinary work
Von Newwer | 1872
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patented another type of syringe with a needle but before the needle is inserted, the skin is first incised
Zophar Jayne
32
administered drugs by using an elaborate stylet, with which the solution is forced by gravity
Francis Rynd
33
invented an all metal hypodermic syringe
Charles Gabriel Pravaz
34
glass and metal syringe for injecting opiates subcutaneously for treating neuralgia
Alexander Wood
35
a French chemist, obtained a crude extract of cocaine from the South American plant Erythroxylum Coca
Gardeke
36
first to isolate pure cocaine
Frederick Wohler
37
used cocaine for clinical ophthalmology
Karl Koller
38
First to block the mandibular nerve by injecting 4% cocaine intraorally
William Stewart Halsted
39
successfully demonstrated that afferent impulses could be blocked by depositing an anesthetic at some point between the periphery and the brain
Leonard Corning
40
started spinal anesthesia
Leonard Corning
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demonstrated the use of epinephrine to retard local anesthetic absorption form the site of injection
Heinrich Braun
42
synthesized Procaine
Alfred Einhorn
43
remained for many years the most commonly used LA and the parent drug of all ester type of LA
Procaine
44
military doctor that devised the cartridge system of loading syringes thus simplifying chair side administration of LA; idea from rifles
Harvey Cook
45
synthesized Lignocaine
Nils Lofgren
46
parent drug of all amide type
Lignocaine/ lidocaine/ xylocaine
47
made the dental aspirating syringe available
Novocol company
48
disposable sterile needles made available by
Cook-Waite Roehr Company
49
pertains mainly on the responsibility of the dentist in administering anesthesia to patients
medico-legal aspects