Introduction to Surgery (1)

Question 1

What were the accomplishments of Aristotle?

Answer 1

grandfather of comparative medicine
- first to describe the absence of the gallbladder in the horse

Question 2

Who was Andreas Vesalius?

Answer 2

father of modern human anatomy

Question 3

Who was Ambroise Paré and what were his accomplishments?

Answer 3

• innovative wound treatments —> turpentine ointment more effective than boiling oil
• controlling hemorrhage by ligation

Question 4

Who was Joseph Lister?

Answer 4

pioneer of antiseptic surgery by applying the concepts of Louis Pasteur

Question 5

Who was the first to use ether?

Answer 5

William T.G. Morton

Question 6

Who was William T.G. Morton?

Answer 6

first to use ether

Question 7

Who was William Roentgen?

Answer 7

discovered x-rays, German physicist

Question 8

What did Thomas Edison discover (the one mentioned in the lecture)?

Answer 8

the fluoroscope in 1896

Question 9

Who was John Hunter?

Answer 9

began using a scientific approach to medicine and surgery

surgery as a science

Question 10

What is the history of the C-section?

Answer 10

first performed 272 BC, mother died of poisoning

routine in vet, low mortality of dam and offspring

Question 11

What did William Halsted do?

Answer 11

meticulous techniques, hemostasis, local anesthetics, patient care