Surgery
Cards (32)
- Who discovered chloroform in 1847?
- What did James Simpson test chloroform on?
- What was a significant issue with chloroform?
- What complication arose from using chloroform in surgery?
- Who used ether as an anaesthetic in 1846?
- What procedure did Robert Liston perform using ether?
- What were some side effects of ether?
- What was a notable characteristic of ether?
- What mistake did Robert Liston make during a previous amputation?
- Who developed antiseptic surgery in 1865?
- What substance did Lister use to clean wounds?
- Why did Lister use carbolic acid?
- What was the initial reaction of doctors to Lister's antiseptic methods?
- Who discovered X-rays in 1895?
- What did Roentgen call his discovery?
- What was unique about Roentgen's study of X-rays?
- Who identified different blood groups in 1901?
- What was the significance of Landsteiner's discovery?
- What did Marie Curie win the Nobel Prize for in 1903?
- What did Curie discover in 1898?
- Who set up a plastic surgery unit in 1917?
- What technique did Gillies experiment with?
- What did Landsteiner discover about blood groups A and B?
- What was the purpose of the special unit at Queen’s Hospital?
- What major conflict led to developments in surgery from 1914-18?
- What surgical advancements occurred during WWI?
- Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
- How did Fleming discover penicillin?
- What did Florey and Chain do in 1939?
- What was the outcome of Florey and Chain's work on penicillin?
- How did penicillin impact World War II?
- What surgical advancements occurred during WWII?