Anaesthetics
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- Created on: 16-02-16 19:51
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- Anaesthetics
- 1) SIR HUMPHREY DAVY - LAUGHING GAS 1799
- It was suggested to be used in surgery and dentistry because it helped reduced pain
- HORACE WELLS- AMERICAN DENTIST
- He used it on a patient and she was in agony
- Confidence of laughing gas killed
- He used it on a patient and she was in agony
- It made patients slighty unconscious
- 2) JOHN COLLINS WARREN-ETHER 1846
- Liston and other surgeons used ether when performing an amputation
- It irrittated eyes, smelt vile, was hard to transport, was highly flammable
- 3) JAMES SIMPSON-CHLOROFORM 1847
- Once chloroform was inhaled James Simpson was completely unconscious
- It was relatively effected and was used in childbirth
- Queen Victoria used it when she was giving birth
- Some didn't like the idea of pain-free surgery
- OPPOSITION TO ANAESTHETICS
- Some people believed it encouraged teenage pregnancies
- Dosage was still an issue: Hannah Greener died from an overdose of chloroform during an ingrown toe nail operation in 1848
- People believed it slowed body mechanism
- Surgeon's greatest skill of speed was undermined
- They thought God created pain
- Pain free surgery lead to more adventurous and complex surgical procedures resulting in more infection and blood loss- THE BLACK PERIOD OF SURGERY
- As a result of this death rates soared causing more opposition against anaesthetics
- 1) SIR HUMPHREY DAVY - LAUGHING GAS 1799
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