dangers in surgery and the impact of Simpson and chloroform Flashcards
to understand how chloroform and Simpson help with te dangers of surgery
what were the main disadvantages of surgery
pain
blood loss
infection
what was the problem with pain
the best sergeants were the ones that did the operation the fastes not the best. there wasn’t any really pain the options were being knocked out, alcohol, and opeum . the patients were normally awake during the operation and several people need to hold them down.
what were the problems with blood loss
there is no way to stop the blood flow so they would use tourniquets and ligatures to restrict the blood flow
what were the problems with infection
operation were normally done in the patients home->not sanitary but hospitals were worse
students and wealthy people would watch the operation increasing the risk of spreading disease
what was the problem with ether
it could cause vomiting and would irritate the lungs making the patient cough during the operation
what was the positive of chloroform
it was an effective anaesthetic
what did Simpson do in 1847
he used chloroform to help during child birth
what happened to him after the success of chloroform
he became the official physician of queen Victoria
what were the positives and negatives of chloroform
positive:
would make people unaware of pain
negatvies:
would leave the patient asleep of hours or days if not given in the correct dosage
highly flamable this was a problem because operation theatres would be lit by candals
