History of Anesthesia

Question 1

Produced a needle for injecting drugs used in ophthalmic veterinary work

Answer 1

Von Newwer 1827

Question 2

Father of Anesthesiology

Answer 2

Horace Wells 1844

Question 3

Company that made the aspirating syringe

Answer 3

Novocol

Question 4

Local anesthesia synthesized by Alfred Einhorn

Answer 4

Procaine

Question 5

Synthesized the parent drug of all ester types of local anesthesia

Answer 5

Alfred Einhorn 1904

Question 6

Coined the term anesthesia

Answer 6

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes 1846

Question 7

First mandibular nerve block (person)

Answer 7

Dr. William Stewart Halsted (1884)

Question 8

Inhalation of nitrous oxide

Answer 8

Humphrey Davy 1799

Question 9

devised the cartridge system

Answer 9

Harvey Cook 1917

Question 10

First to isolate pure cocaine

Answer 10

Frederick Wohler 1860

Question 11

Obtained a crude extract of cocaine from Coca plant

Answer 11

Gardeke 1855

Question 12

First successful use of inhalation anesthesia in dentistry

Answer 12

Horace Wells

Question 13

Synthesized the parent drug of all amide types of local anesthesia

Answer 13

Nils Lofgren 1943

Question 14

Used cocaine in ophthalmology

Answer 14

Karl Koller 1884

Question 15

Demonstrated the use of epinephrine to retard local anesthetic absorption

Answer 15

Heinrich Braun 1901

Question 16

Patented a syringe that needs the skin to be incised first before insertion of needle

Answer 16

Zophar Jayne 1841

Question 17

Received postage stamp for his contribution to anesthesiology; Unpublished work

Answer 17

Dr. Crawford W. Long 1842

Question 18

First to demonstrate spinal anesthesia

Answer 18

Dr. Leonard Corning (1895)

Question 19

Discovery of nitrous oxide

Answer 19

Priestley 1772

Question 20

Teacher of William T.G. Morton

Answer 20

Charles T. Jackson

Question 21

Local anesthesia synthesized by Nils Lofgren

Answer 21

Lignocaine

Question 22

Glass and metal syringe for injecting opiates

Answer 22

Alexander Wood 1853

Question 23

All metal hypodermic syringe

Answer 23

Charles Gabriel Pravaz 1853

Question 24

First hypodermic needle

Answer 24

Francis Rynd 1844

Question 25

First mandibular nerve block (substance)

Answer 25

4% cocaine

Question 26

Documented demonstration of ether anesthesia during tooth extraction (1846)

Answer 26

Dr. William T.G. Morton