Pain / Infection Flashcards
What was the most common operation before the discovery of anaesthetics?
Amputations
Who discovered Nitrous Oxide and when?
Humphrey Davy in 1799
What was the problem with Nitrous Oxide?
It didn’t knock the patient out
What was the name of the American surgeon who first used ether and in what year?
John Collins Warren in 1846
What was the name of the first British surgeon?
Robert Liston
Name 2 problems with ether.
Made patients vomit and it was flammable
What was the name of the first effective anaesthetic and when was it discovered?
Chloroform in 1847
What was the name of the person who discovered chloroform while having a ‘chemical party’?
James Simpson
Which VIP made chloroform popular on the birth of her 8th child in 1853?
Queen Victoria
Who invented the inhaler to regulate the dosage?
John Snow
What event showed that there was a problem with the dosage of chloroform in 1848?
Hannah Greener’s death
Give two reasons why chloroform was opposed.
- Religion
- Dosage
What was the name of the period between the discovery of the first effective anaesthetic and the antiseptics?
The black period
Who read Pasteur’s work and discovered the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic and when?
Joseph Lister in 1867
Who could have brought an early ending to the higher death rate after anaesthetics?
Semmelweis
What was the name of the equipment that administered carbolic spray?
Donkey engine
What made the discoverer of carbolic acid make the connection with Pasteur’s work?
Sewage
What type of injury did Lister test it on first?
Compound fracture
Lister also went on to use catgut as it could be sterilized and used to stitch wounds. True or False?
True
What is aseptic surgery?
Outside the operating theater
Who discovered the steam sterilizer?
Robert Koch
What was the name of the medical journal where the discoveries of anaesthetics and antiseptics were published for doctors to read?
The Lancet
What is gangrene?
Infection of dead tissue
Who invented rubber gloves?
Halstead
