Pain

Question 1

When was Nitrous Oxide discovered?

Answer 1

1799

Question 2

Who discovered Nitrous Oxide?

Answer 2

Humphrey Davy

Question 3

Which dentist in 1844 used Nitrous Oxide?

Answer 3

Horace Wells

Question 4

What was the problem with Nitrous Oxide?

Answer 4

Patients were not completely unconscious

Question 5

What was discovered in 1846?

Answer 5

Ether

Question 6

What were the problems with Ether?

Answer 6

Made patients vomit
Irritated the lungs and eyes
Was very heavy
Highly Flammable/Explosive

Question 7

Who discovered Ether?

Answer 7

Fredrick Churchill

Question 8

Which famous surgeon in Britain used Ether?

Answer 8

Robert Liston

Question 9

How quickly could Liston perform an amputation?

Answer 9

Under 3 minutes

Question 10

Who discovered Chloroform?

Answer 10

James Simpson

Question 11

When was Chloroform discovered?

Answer 11

1847

Question 12

Who died from an overdose of Chloroform?

Answer 12

Hannah Greener

Question 13

Who discovered a way of controlling the dosage of Chloroform?

Answer 13

John Snow

Question 14

When did John Snow discover a way of controlling the dosage of Chloroform used?

Answer 14

1848

Question 15

Which famous lady used Chloroform?

Answer 15

Queen Victoria

Question 16

When did Queen Victoria use Chloroform?

Answer 16

1853

Question 17

Why was Anaesthetics frowned upon?

Answer 17

Pain Relief was not a part in God’s Will
Not fully justified
More people died after anaesthetics were used