Surgery

Question 1

Name a way surgeons would knock out patients before developments in anesthesia

Answer 1

knocking them out by giving them a concussion or getting them drunk

Question 2

What was the name of the doctor who was trying to solve the problem of pain?

Answer 2

James Simpson

Question 3

Which drug did he not like to use and why?

Answer 3

Ether - it irritated the eyes and people vomit

Ether was invented by William Moston in 1846

Question 4

Which drug did James Simpson successfully experiment with?

Answer 4

Chloroform

Question 5

Why did some religious people object to anesthetics?

Answer 5

pain was considered ‘a blessing from the gospel’. They thought suppressing it was unnatural.

Question 6

Who famously used Simpson and chloroform during childbirth?

Answer 6

Queen Victoria for the birth of her eighth child

Question 7

What was the main problem with using chloroform

Answer 7

The dosage was sometimes too high and caused death

Question 8

Between 1846 - 1876 the removal of pain from surgery led to another problem, what was it?

Answer 8

Surgeons believed they could take their time so blood loss became a bigger problem

Question 9

Who introduced the use of carbolic acid in surgery?

Answer 9

Joseph Lister

Question 10

Name three key problems in surgery in the mid 19th century

Answer 10

Pain and death from shock
Infection
blood loss