History (Ex1) Flashcards
Credited for creating the materia medica
Dioscorides (surgeon in Nero’s army)
hallucinogenic plant leaves
Mandragora
AKA mandrake
First volatile anesthetic
Diethyl ether
-sulfuric acid and ethyl alcohol
-Greek for ignite
Valerius Cordus credited
German botanist created First volatile anesthetic
Sir Christopher wren and Robert Boyle credited
Created IV therapy from goose quill
Joseph priestly credited
English chemist
-discovered oxygen, nitrous oxide
Humphry Davy credit
British chemist
-discovered electrolytes
Horace wells credit
Dentist
Nitrous use with amnesia
Andrew’s credit
Nitrous/oxygen administration
Hewitt credit
First anesthesia machine with nitrous/oxygen
Crawford long credit
Used Ether for vascular neck tumor removal
William Morton credit
Ether anesthesia for denture fitting
Boston mass
First successful public demonstration of ether
Lead to wide use after rave
Robinson Squibb credit
Developed pure ether process
Ether disadvantages (3)
-Flammable
-prolonged induction/emergence
-odor => N/V
Sir James Simpson credit
Chloroform experimentation
Dr John snow credit
-delivered queen victoria
-Traced cholera outbreak
Hyderabad commissions
Determined chloroform deaths from apnea => hypoxia
Guthrie credit
Chloroform => hepatotoxicity in children
Levy credit
Chloroform associated vfib in animals
Dr Koller credit
Cocaine anesthetic for eye surgery
Dr halstead credit
First regional mandibular nerve block with cocaine
Dr August Bier credit
-First spinal anesthetic with cocaine
-developed Bier block (drain arm and tourniquet + lidocaine)
Sister Mary Bernard credit
First recognized nurse anesthetist
Alice Mcgraw credit
Mother of anesthesia
-14k open drop ether cases with no death
Agatha Hodgins credit
Open first nurse anesthesia school
Founded AANA
Cyclopropane history
-Explosive
-Not much benefit over ether
Halothane history
-Known to cause hepatitis
-Slow onset
Isoflurane history
-Big advance for volatiles
-Relatively safe, less NV
-quicker onset than halothane
Desflurane history
-Most rapid onset and offset
-Need large administrative quantity
Sevoflurane history
-Intermediate onset between Iso and Des
-Studies show no significant instability with soda lime
Edmund egar credit
Defined Minimal Alveolar Concentration (MAC)
-dosage for volatiles
Dr Liston credit
3 deaths in one operation
George Crile credit
Cleveland clinic
Infiltration of procaine
Harvey Cushing credit
Known for keeping anesthetic records
Neurolept anesthesia history
Use of high dose antipsychotics as anesthesia
