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6. What did Joseph lister do?

  • He used pasteurs work to learn about microbes before finding that carbolic spray could kill them
  • He discovered that heating bacteria killed it

7. What was catgut?

  • A thread to stitch up wounds
  • A tube used in plastic surgery
  • A dissolvable tablet

8. Why were silk ligatures not successful?

  • It didn't absorb carbolic spray
  • It wasn't hygienic
  • It was too expensive

9. What was cauterisation?

  • Using a hot iron to seal blood vessels and stop bleeding
  • Sewing up blood vessels
  • Applying pressure to stop bleeding

10. Why didn't religious people agree with using chloroform in childbirth?

  • Childbirth was supposed to be painful and using chloroform was interferring
  • It could kill people

11. What was carbolic spray first used for?

  • Used in sewage works
  • Used to clean surfaces
  • Used in operating

12. What does antiseptic mean?

  • Killing bacteria
  • The prevention of bacteria

13. What was the main reason carbolic spray was used?

  • It reduced the amount of deaths
  • It was cheap
  • It could be sourced easily

14. What was used after nitrous oxide?

  • Ether
  • Chloroform

15. What was nitrous oxide first used for?

  • Operations
  • Dentistry
  • Amputations

16. What did Harold Gilles invent?

  • Pedicle tubes- used in facial reconstruction
  • The steam steraliser

17. As well as carbolic spray what was used to kill germs?

  • The steam steraliser
  • Soap

18. Why did chloroform increase death rates?

  • Doctors thought they could take longer to operate- causing infection
  • It could permanently put people to sleep