History Flashcards
In early history of medicine what plant extracts were used?
The deadly nightshade plant & Opium Poppy
what plant extract created Belladonna Alkaloids
The deadly nightshade plant
what plant extract was used to create opiates?
Opium Poppy
The deadly nightshade plant & Opium Poppy were used for what in early medicine history?
To control pain and produce sleep
what timeframe where plant extracts used in medicine?
As early as the 15th century BC
What timeframe were inhaled chemical agents discovered?
Between 1500s-1700s experimentation started
What are the chemical inhaled agents?
Diethyl Ether
Chloroform
Nitrous Oxide
when was anesthetic techniques refined to a point that it began to be used widespread?
Mid 1800s
When was the first successful demonstration of the pain-relieving properties of diethyl ether at Massachusetts General Hospital? And by who.?
October 16, 1846
William T. G. Morton
when was injectable barbiturate anesthetics developed?
in the 1930s
When was inhalant agents such as halothane and methoxyflurane developed?
in the 1950s
When was injectable tranquilizers including the phenothiazine acepromazine and the alpha2-agonist xylazine developed?
in the 1960s
When was the dissociative ketamine developed?
in the 1970s
When was the inhalant isoflurane and the injectable anesthetic propofol developed?
in the 1980s
When was the inhalant sevoflurane developed?
in the 1990s
