Industrial- Anaesthetics

Question 1

what’s was life like before anaesthetics?

Answer 1

the patient was held down or tied down by the surgeon assistant while the surgeon operated as quickly as possible

Question 2

laughing gas- nitrous oxide

when,who,what

Answer 2

1799
humphry davy
reduced the sensation of pin

Question 3

limitation of nitrous oxide

Answer 3

it didn’t make patients completely unconscious

american dentist horace wells performed a public operation where the patient cried out in pain

Question 4

ether

when,who,when he used it

Answer 4

1847
j r liston
used during a leg amputation

Question 5

limitations to ether

Answer 5

it irritated the eyes and lungs causing coughing and sickness

it was flammable and difficult to move

Question 6

chloroform

when, who, how, who used it the most

Answer 6

1847
james simpson
experimenting with friends
women in childbirth

Question 7

impact and after

3

Answer 7

• simpson used chloroform regularly and showed other doctors how to use it effectively
• pare used chloroform and backed up simpsons ideas
• the big break through was when queen victoria used chloroform to deliver her 8th child in 1857 meaning opposition to anaesthetics declined quickly

Question 8

factors

5

Answer 8

• individual genius
• attitude of enquiry
• science and technology
• chance
• government

Question 9

limitations

4

Answer 9

• there was a lot of opposition since they were new and untested and no body knew any side effects
• didn’t make surgery safer
• with patients asleep surgeons performed more dangerous surgeries increasing the problem of blood loss and infection
• pain was seen as a sign from god so people were opposed to stopping this