Chloroform mindmap
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- Created on: 05-06-20 12:25
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- Anaesthetics
- James Simpson
- Obstetrician and pioneer of using chloroform as an anaesthetic
- First person to deliver a baby using anaesthetic
- Known for giving a decanter of chloroform to his friends to test dose rates.
- Guests were found unconscious the next morning
- Within weeks of proving chloroform worked it was used throughout Europe
- Chloroform
- 1848 - Newcastle woman dies from overuse of chloroform
- John Snow uses chloroform on Queen Victoria in 1853
- John Snow discovers the safe dosage (one third of a teaspoon) and created an inhaler
- Used first in 1847 in an operation
- People still believed that pain was a punishment from God and were afraid of experimental operations
- Acceptance from influential figures (like Queen Victoria) helped with approval
- James Simpson
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