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Key facts and names that you need toknow for Medicine Through Time- Surgery, for the history GCSE by OCR

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Surgery

Question 1 of 12

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What was the first anaesthetic by Humphrey Davy?

Select one of the following:

  • Nitrous Oxide 1799

  • Chloroform 1847

  • Ether 1842

Explanation

Question 2 of 12

1

Who came up with Ether as an Anaesthetic in 1842?

Select one of the following:

  • Lister

  • Liston

  • Listening

Explanation

Question 3 of 12

1

Chloroform was the most effective anaesthetic in the early periods of surgery in the nineteenth century by Simpson. What year was it first used by him?

Select one of the following:

  • 1900

  • 1847

  • 1852

  • 1912

Explanation

Question 4 of 12

1

Loss of blood was the last problem to be solved in surgery. Which one of the following is a cure for blood loss?

Select one of the following:

  • Penicillin- 1940s Florey and Chain

  • Aseptic surgery- 1880s Robert Koch

  • Anti clotting agent- 1914

Explanation

Question 5 of 12

1

Why was the use of Ether stopped?

Select one of the following:

  • It caused unexplained deaths

  • It caused pneumonia

  • it didn't work

Explanation

Question 6 of 12

1

What suddenly made Chloroform popular?

Select one of the following:

  • Queen Victoria used it during childbirth so it was seen as socially acceptable

  • Simpson ran out around the streets promoting it to surgeons

  • Barber surgeons promoted it as a wonder drug for surgery to gain more custumers

Explanation

Question 7 of 12

1

In what year were blood groups discovered?

Select one of the following:

  • 1901

  • 1900

  • 1800

Explanation

Question 8 of 12

1

Who was the first person to discover penicillin mould?

Select one of the following:

  • Koch

  • Liston

  • Fleming

  • Florey and Chain

Explanation

Question 9 of 12

1

In what year did Alexander Fleming find the penicillin mould?

Select one of the following:

  • 1928

  • 1933

  • 1940

  • 1922

Explanation

Question 10 of 12

1

Who came up with aseptic surgery?

Select one of the following:

  • Fleming

  • Pasteur

  • Koch

Explanation

Question 11 of 12

1

What did Lister use in the 1860s?

Select one of the following:

  • Carbolic Acid spray

  • Blood banks

  • Cauterisation

Explanation

Question 12 of 12

1

What did William Halstead do?

Select one of the following:

  • Created rubber gloves

  • Create a face mask when using carbolic spray

  • He was the first man to dissect a frogs anatomy

Explanation

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