Anaesthetics + Antiseptics

Question 1

James Simpson

Answer 1

Chloroform 1847 - effective with little to no side effects - made it so that doctors could consider more complex operations

Question 2

Joseph Lister

Answer 2

Used Carbolic acid to prevent Germs (Pasteur’s germ theory) to sterilise his equipment and the patient before surgery.
Mortality rates in his surgeries went from 40%-15%