transformation of surgery Flashcards
what doe PILES stand for?
Pain infection loss of blood enviroment surgical tools
whats barber surgeon?
someone with no priro eduction who woked at a barbers
what did barber surgeon usally do?
let blood extract teeth simple operations sell medicines cut hair
who was Pare and what did he do?
he was a barber surgoen and worked at war.
he was told to use boiling oil and cauterising with heat on th wounds, wen this run out he went backt o nautral remdies and bandages, this wokred and healed the wounds better/quicker. he also invented silk ligatures
who discovered nitrus oxide?
Laughing gas
Humphrey davy
when was nurtus oxide first used?
by Horace wells in a tooth extraction
why was nitrus oxide bad?
it didnt last very long and it caused patients to move and laugh
who discovered ether?
william morton 1846
what were the drawbacks of ether?
irrated the lungs
induced vomiting
highly explosive
hard to transport and administer
who first discovered cholorform?
samuel gaffery by combining whiskey and chlorinated lime.
but not used will later by simpson
what were the drawbacks of chloroform?
it could stop the heart if too much was used/
who made choloform safe to use?
John snow. by discovering a dosage inhaler.
how did religion oppose anaesthetics/
the victorians were very religious and felt pain relief was against god
how were doctors against anaesthetics?
they felf it was easier to di when uncoscious rather then struggling in pain
how were patients aginst anaesthetics?
they idstrusted them as they were not fully understood and many people died
who opposed anaesthetics.
patiens
doctors
religion
what factors affected James simpons life?
chance-his experimentaion in his discovery
technolgy, new stuff helped him+new chemisrty