Surgery

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Key facts and names that you need toknow for Medicine Through Time- Surgery, for the history GCSE by OCR
Emily Knapp
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Emily Knapp
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Question 1

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What was the first anaesthetic by Humphrey Davy?
Answer
  • Nitrous Oxide 1799
  • Chloroform 1847
  • Ether 1842

Question 2

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Who came up with Ether as an Anaesthetic in 1842?
Answer
  • Lister
  • Liston
  • Listening

Question 3

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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?
Answer
  • 1900
  • 1847
  • 1852
  • 1912

Question 4

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Loss of blood was the last problem to be solved in surgery. Which one of the following is a cure for blood loss?
Answer
  • Penicillin- 1940s Florey and Chain
  • Aseptic surgery- 1880s Robert Koch
  • Anti clotting agent- 1914

Question 5

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Why was the use of Ether stopped?
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  • It caused unexplained deaths
  • It caused pneumonia
  • it didn't work

Question 6

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What suddenly made Chloroform popular?
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  • 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

Question 7

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In what year were blood groups discovered?
Answer
  • 1901
  • 1900
  • 1800

Question 8

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Who was the first person to discover penicillin mould?
Answer
  • Koch
  • Liston
  • Fleming
  • Florey and Chain

Question 9

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In what year did Alexander Fleming find the penicillin mould?
Answer
  • 1928
  • 1933
  • 1940
  • 1922

Question 10

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Who came up with aseptic surgery?
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  • Fleming
  • Pasteur
  • Koch

Question 11

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What did Lister use in the 1860s?
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  • Carbolic Acid spray
  • Blood banks
  • Cauterisation

Question 12

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What did William Halstead do?
Answer
  • Created rubber gloves
  • Create a face mask when using carbolic spray
  • He was the first man to dissect a frogs anatomy
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