Anaesthetics 0.0 / 5 ? HistorySurgeryGCSEEdexcel Created by: LaurenTannerCreated on: 03-11-15 21:14 Ether ETHER- discovered by Michael Faraday (Davy's assisstant) - used by Robert Lister in 1846 to amputate a leg - unstable in air (not practical) - irritated the patient's lungs, so they would not want to take it 1 of 5 Chloroform CHLOROFORM - first discovered by James Simpson in 1847 - Queen Victoria used it for child birth in 1857 - victorians argued that it was against God's will to use anaesthetics, so resented the use of chloroform 2 of 5 Nitrous Oxide NITROUS OXIDE - Humphrey Davy in 1799 - first anaesthetic 3 of 5 Cocain COCAIN - discovered in 1884 that it could be used as a local anaestheic 4 of 5 Novocain NOVOCAIN - discovered in 1905 that it can be used as a general anaesthetic 5 of 5
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