Development of Anaesthetics and Antiseptics

Question 1

before anaesthetics what was used to mask/dull the pain from surgery

Answer 1

Opium, hypnotism, blow to the head and alcohol were all ineffective

Question 2

Humphry Davy

Answer 2

1799, started experiment with nitrous oxide (laughing gas) found that dulled the pain of his wisdom tooth
Published findings into researches, chemical and philosophical following year

Question 3

ETHER COME ON DW FR THINK MONKI THINK

Answer 3

1846 - William Morton used ether to complete tooth operation
Made patients totally unconscious and lasted a long time

Question 4

James Simpson

Answer 4

Scottish doctor who set out a way to eas the pain of childbirth
Gathered his friends to inhale a mixture of chemicals to see if they would work - bare dangerous - miraculously survived
1847 - James experimented with Chloroform by testing it on himself and two of his friends in his own dining room
Woke up and realised he had a more effective anaesthetic than ether

Question 5

Disadvantage of Simpsons cookery

Answer 5

Difficult to set the dose right and could kill some people because of the effect on their heart

Question 6

Who was a product of Simpsons cookery

Answer 6

Hannah Greener - fatally overdosed on Chloroform in 1848, while having her toe nail removed

Question 7

What did John Snow discover in relation to chloroform

Answer 7

An inhaler controlled the dosage - successfully used it in 1853 on Queen Victoria during the birth of her 8th child and called it “that blessed chloroform”

Question 8

What did John Snow discover in relation to chloroform

Answer 8

An inhaler controlled the dosage - successfully used it in 1853 on Queen Victoria during the birth of her 8th child and called it “that blessed chloroform”