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6. 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

7. What did Harold Gilles invent?

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

8. 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

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

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

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

  • The steam steraliser
  • Soap

11. Why did chloroform increase death rates?

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

12. What did Ignaz Semmelweiss do?

  • Recognised the importance of hand washing in hospital
  • Invented soap
  • Wanted nurses to wear clean clothes

13. What was carbolic spray first used for?

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

14. Why did people start to use chloroform instead of ether?

  • Ether was unpredictable and caused deaths
  • Ether became too expensive

15. What was used to dilute the blood?

  • Sodium citrate
  • Saline solution
  • Citrate glucose

16. What was first found to be a successful anaesthetic?

  • Chloroform
  • Nitrous oxide
  • Ether

17. What was discovered to stop blood from clotting in 1914?

  • Sodium citrate
  • Citrate glucose
  • Saline solution

18. What was cauterisation?

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

19. Why did they need anaesthetics?

  • To stop patients from going into shock from the pain
  • To give them more time
  • To stop screaming

20. What did karl landsteiner do?

  • Discover carpulscles
  • Discover blood groups
  • Discover x-rays