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Important People Flashcards

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What army was Dioscorides a surgeon in?

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Nero’s Army

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2
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Who made Diethyl ether from sulfuric acid & ethyl alcohol?

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Valerius Cordus

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3
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What was the the 1st volatile anesthetic

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Diethyl Ether

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4
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What is the recipe for inhaled soporifics in the Middle Ages? What is the reversal?

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1/2 oz opium
juice of mandrake leave
juice of hemlock
3 oz of hyoscyamus (atropine)
sufficient water
Reversal: vinegar/smelly salts

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5
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Who invented the 1st IV access? What was it made from? What was it tested on?

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Sir Christopher Wren & Robert Boyle
Goose Quill
Doggo :(

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6
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Who discovered NO? What else did this person discover?

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Joseph Priestly
Photosynthesis

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7
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Who suggested NO for surgical pain control? What else did this person discover

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Humphry Davy
Electrolytes

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Who noticed patients under N2O didn’t have pain? What was his occupation? Where did he do a demonstration? What was the outcome?

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Horace Wells
Dentist
Mass General
Humbug b/c the patient moved and recalled the pulling and tugging, but no pain.

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9
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Who administered Nitrous with Oxygen? Where was this person from?

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Andrews
Chicago
1868
Nitrous/Oxygen administration without cyanosis

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10
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Who invented the 1st anesthesia machine? What did it administer

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Hewitt
Nitrous/Oxygen

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11
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What did Crawford Long do?

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Removed 2 vascular neck tumors using ether and whiskey

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12
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How did William Morton use ether?

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Used it for denture fittings

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13
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What year was the 1st successful ether demonstration?

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1846

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14
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Who developed pure ether? What else is this person known for?

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Dr. Robinson Squibb
Squibb pharmaceuticals

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15
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What did Sir James Simpson do?

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Obstetrician in Scotland
Defined pain - actual or potential tissue damage
Had a religious idea that women didn’t deserve anesthesia d/t Adam & Eve.
Used Chloroform

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16
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Who was Dr. John Snow

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Full-time anesthetist - OB
Discovered epidemiology when he traced London cholera outbreak to a water source
Queen Victoria, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice

17
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What was the Hyderabad Commisions?

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Chloroform controversy d/t deaths of healthy people. Study 430 cases without recording devices and 157 with

18
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Who discovered chloroform caused hepatotoxicity in children?

A

Guthrie

19
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Who released light chloroform anesthesia released adrenaline leading to fatal V Fib in animals?

A

Levy

20
Q

What ophthalmologist used cocaine for an anesthetic?

A

Dr. Koller

21
Q

Who did the 1st regional (mandibular) nerve block with cocaine?

A

Dr. Halsted

22
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Who did the 1st spinal anesthetic with cocaine? What did this person invent

A

Dr. August Bier
Bier block - still used for carpal tunnel, ganglion cysts, wrists/hand surgery

23
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Who was the 1st recognized nurse anesthetist

A

Sister Mary Bernard

24
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Who is known as the mother of anesthesia? How many cases did she have? What did she use?

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Alice Magaw
14,000 cases
Drop ether

25
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Who opened the 1st nurse anesthesia school? Where did she teach and during what war? What technique did she develop? What association did she establish?

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Agatha Hodgins
Taught in France during WWI
Developed Nitrous/Oxygen techniques
Founded the AANA

26
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Who killed 3 people with 1 surgery, but he was fast?

A

Dr. Liston

27
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Who did CV research, specifically BP?

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Harvey Cushing. Early assessments for balanced anesthesia. Kept HR/BP records

28
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Who was the 1st to perform preemptive anesthesia? What else did he do?

A

George Crile - Cleveland Clinic
Light nitrous/oxygen anesthesia
Local infiltration of procaine - preemptive anesthesia

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