Pain

Question 1

1799 People

Answer 1

Humphrey Davy
Horace Wells (dentist)

Question 2

1799 Discovery

Answer 2

Nitrous Oxide/Laughing Gas

Question 3

1799 Benefits

Answer 3

Painless Surgery

Used by dentists

Question 4

1799 Limitations

Answer 4

Causes hysterics and hallucination

Too weak to knock out patients

Question 5

1846 People

Answer 5

Robert Lister (English Surgeon)
John Snow
John Collins Warren (US surgeon who removed rumour using it)

Question 6

1846 Discovery

Answer 6

Ether

Question 7

1846 Benefits

Answer 7

Didn’t feel any pain

Relaxed muscles in the body

Question 8

1846 Limitations

Answer 8

Makes you giddy and cause vomiting
Explosive
Dosage unknown
Irritates eyes and lungs

Question 9

1847 People

Answer 9

James Simpson (Uni Professor)
Dr Keith, Dr Duncan (Assistants)
Preg Women (Queen Victoria, Mrs Dickens)

Question 10

1847 Discovery

Answer 10

Chloroform

Question 11

1847 Benefits

Answer 11

Knocks out patient

Makes you lightheaded

Question 12

1847 Limitations

Answer 12

Untested and unknown dosage
Doctors tried more complex operations
Unethical
Hannah Greener death

Question 13

Medical Opposition to Simpson Part 1

Answer 13

Chloroform was untested with unknown side effects
Unknown dosage as well
Hannah Greener had died

Question 14

Medical opposition to Simpson Part 2

Answer 14

Surgeons had no USP
Male pride
More complex operations were attempted

Question 15

Religious opposition to Simpson Part 1

Answer 15

If God wanted painless births he would have made it so

“Women should feel pain in labour” was believed by many

Question 16

Religious opposition to Simpson Part 2

Answer 16

The strength of the women is showed without pain relief
Blessing of the Gospel
Inflicted by God

Question 17

When was the Black Period?

Answer 17

1847-1867

Question 18

Positive effects of anaesthetics Part 1

Answer 18

New operations were developed as surgeons took more time over them
Research into safer dosage was made

Question 19

Positive effects of Anaesthetics Part 2

Answer 19

Fewer side effects were developed

Fewer patients died of shock

Question 20

Negative effects of Anaesthetics Part 1

Answer 20

Finding the right dosage took a while to discover

Some surgeons continued to perform at speed, they didn’t know any other way

Question 21

Negative effects of Anaesthetics Part 2

Answer 21

Chloroform made patients vomit

More deaths still occurred due to risky operations being carried out