Surgery And Anatomy Flashcards

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What anatomy did the Egyptians know about?

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Brain, lungs, heart, stomach, kidneys, bowels, liver

Veins but knew them as metu

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What operations did the prehistoric do?

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Set broken bones, trepanning

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What type of surgery could the prehistoric and Egyptians do?

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Simple

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What type of surgery could Romans do?

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Simple surgery and amputations

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What did the Romans use as anaesthetic?

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Opium

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What was the problem with surgery in Roman times?

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People died from infections

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What did Galen prove about the brain? On what?

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That the brain controls the nerves in the body, pig

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How accurate was Galen?

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80%

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What were some of Galen’s mistakes?

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Blood crossed from one side to the other via the sternum

The human jaw has two bones

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Why did Galen make some of his mistakes?

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He dissected monkeys and other animals

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What were barber surgeons?

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Cut hair and did simple surgery

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What kind of surgery could barber surgeons do?

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Pull teeth, remove abscesses, amputations, eye injuries

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When did barber surgeons first appear?

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Middle Ages

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What did they use as anaesthetic?

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Alcohol and opium

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Why was surgery not good in the Middle Ages?

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Died from infection in wounds

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What books did Europeans use in Middle Ages?

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Galens

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Why was Galen’s work used in Middle Ages?

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Church promoted it and had strong influence

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What new anatomy did Ibn-al-Nafis give?

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Blood went through lungs

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When was Ibn-al-Nafis?

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Middle Ages

13th century

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What did the Islamic empire have in the Middle Ages Europe didn’t?

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Medical schools

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When Paré born?

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1510

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What did Paré use to stop blood loss?

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Ligatures, tied off vessels with threads

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What did Paré design?

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Sophisticated artificial limbs

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What was cauterisation?

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Burning ends with red hot iron

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What did Paré do instead of cauterisation?
Used eggs, rose water and turpentine instead of palm oil
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Why did Paré invent the new cauterisation?
He ran out of oil
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Where was Vesalius professor?
Padua university
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What was Vesalius allowed to do?
Human dissections but he couldn't boil bodies for skeletons
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What did Vesalius write and when?
'The fabric of the human body' in 1543
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What was innovative about Vesalius' book?
accurate diagrams
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What did Vesalius correct about anatomy?
Blood goes through lungs not septum
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What did Harvey focus on?
Circulation of the blood
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Who was Harvey a royal physician to?
James 1 | Charles 1
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What did Harvey say about the colour of blood?
Changed colour as went through the lungs
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What did Harvey identify about blood vessels?
Difference between veins and arteries
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What did Harvey also say about circulation?
Valves so blood couldn't go backward Heart was pump Circulated
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When did Harvey write his book?
1628
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Who identified nitrous oxide for anaesthetic?
Davy
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When and who discovered ether for anaesthetic?
Crawford long, 1842
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Who discovered chloroform and when for anaesthetic?
Simpson 1847
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Who discovered cocaine as an anaesthetic and when?
Halstead 1884
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What did Semmelweis use on hands?
Chloride of lime solution
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What did lister use in operating theatres?
Carbolic acid
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When did Lister hear about germ theory?
1865
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What was Listers use of carbolic acid?
Antiseptics
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When were antiseptics being used in most European and American surgeries?
By 1890's
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What did Halstead invent in 1889?
Surgical gloves
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When did Rontgen discover x-rays?
1895
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Who discovered radioactive isotopes?
Becquerel Pierre Marie curie
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What do radioactive isotopes do?
Treat cancer as part of radiotherapy Immunosuppression Tracers in diagnosis
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When were blood groups discovered?
1900
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Who discovered blood groups?
Landsteiner
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When was sodium citrate found and what did it do to blood?
Ww1 | Stopped blood clotting in air allowing it to be stored more easily
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When was the British National Blood Transfusion Service established?
1946
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Who did McIndoe treat?
Burn patients
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What was McIndoe famous for?
Plastic surgery
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When was the first kidney transplant?
1951
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When was the first heart transplant?
1967
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How long did the first heart transplant patient live for?
18 days
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When was cyclosporin approved as an immunosuppressant drug?
1983
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When was keyhole surgery developed?
1980's
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Why is key hole surgery better?
Less invasive Smaller scars Quicker recovery
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What is an example of keyhole surgery?
``` Endoscope to see inside body Vasectomies Removing appendix Mending hernias Removing cysts ```