History (Ex1)

Question 1

Credited for creating the materia medica

Answer 1

Dioscorides (surgeon in Nero’s army)

Question 2

hallucinogenic plant leaves

Answer 2

Mandragora
AKA mandrake

Question 3

First volatile anesthetic

Answer 3

Diethyl ether
-sulfuric acid and ethyl alcohol
-Greek for ignite

Question 4

Valerius Cordus credited

Answer 4

German botanist created First volatile anesthetic

Question 5

Sir Christopher wren and Robert Boyle credited

Answer 5

Created IV therapy from goose quill

Question 6

Joseph priestly credited

Answer 6

English chemist
-discovered oxygen, nitrous oxide

Question 7

Humphry Davy credit

Answer 7

British chemist
-discovered electrolytes

Question 8

Horace wells credit

Answer 8

Dentist
Nitrous use with amnesia

Question 9

Andrew’s credit

Answer 9

Nitrous/oxygen administration

Question 10

Hewitt credit

Answer 10

First anesthesia machine with nitrous/oxygen

Question 11

Crawford long credit

Answer 11

Used Ether for vascular neck tumor removal

Question 12

William Morton credit

Answer 12

Ether anesthesia for denture fitting

Question 13

Boston mass

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First successful public demonstration of ether
Lead to wide use after rave

Question 14

Robinson Squibb credit

Answer 14

Developed pure ether process

Question 15

Ether disadvantages (3)

Answer 15

-Flammable
-prolonged induction/emergence
-odor => N/V

Question 16

Sir James Simpson credit

Answer 16

Chloroform experimentation

Question 17

Dr John snow credit

Answer 17

-delivered queen victoria
-Traced cholera outbreak

Question 18

Hyderabad commissions

Answer 18

Determined chloroform deaths from apnea => hypoxia

Question 19

Guthrie credit

Answer 19

Chloroform => hepatotoxicity in children

Question 20

Levy credit

Answer 20

Chloroform associated vfib in animals

Question 21

Dr Koller credit

Answer 21

Cocaine anesthetic for eye surgery

Question 22

Dr halstead credit

Answer 22

First regional mandibular nerve block with cocaine

Question 23

Dr August Bier credit

Answer 23

-First spinal anesthetic with cocaine
-developed Bier block (drain arm and tourniquet + lidocaine)

Question 24

Sister Mary Bernard credit

Answer 24

First recognized nurse anesthetist

Question 25

Alice Mcgraw credit

Answer 25

Mother of anesthesia
-14k open drop ether cases with no death

Question 26

Agatha Hodgins credit

Answer 26

Open first nurse anesthesia school
Founded AANA

Question 27

Cyclopropane history

Answer 27

-Explosive
-Not much benefit over ether

Question 28

Halothane history

Answer 28

-Known to cause hepatitis
-Slow onset

Question 29

Isoflurane history

Answer 29

-Big advance for volatiles
-Relatively safe, less NV
-quicker onset than halothane

Question 30

Desflurane history

Answer 30

-Most rapid onset and offset
-Need large administrative quantity

Question 31

Sevoflurane history

Answer 31

-Intermediate onset between Iso and Des
-Studies show no significant instability with soda lime

Question 32

Edmund egar credit

Answer 32

Defined Minimal Alveolar Concentration (MAC)
-dosage for volatiles

Question 33

Dr Liston credit

Answer 33

3 deaths in one operation

Question 34

George Crile credit

Answer 34

Cleveland clinic
Infiltration of procaine

Question 35

Harvey Cushing credit

Answer 35

Known for keeping anesthetic records

Question 36

Neurolept anesthesia history

Answer 36

Use of high dose antipsychotics as anesthesia