Health and The People

Question 1

When was john hunter born and when did he die

Answer 1

1728-93

Question 2

John hunter books and date of publication

Answer 2

Natural History of Teeth (1771), On venereal Disease (1786), blood inflammation and gunshot wounds (1794)

Question 3

Hunter’s Teaching, which iconic figure in medicine did he also teach

Answer 3

taught other surgeons such as Edward Jenner and founders o hospitals in Britain and America

Question 4

what did hunter do in 1767

Answer 4

Experimented on himself in 1767 with gonorrhoea

Question 5

what did Hunter do in 1785

Answer 5

saved a man’s leg with an aneurysm. Amputating the knee joint instead of the whole leg.

Question 6

how many anatomical specimens did Hunter have

Answer 6

3000 anatomical specimens (stuffed animals, dried plants, fossils, diseased organs, ebryos)

Question 7

what were the problems of surgery

Answer 7

PAIN. BLOOD LOSS. INFECTION.

Question 8

who discovered the first anaesthetic

Answer 8

James Simpson Chloroform 1847