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2. What was the main reason the opposition to chloroform weaken?

  • Queen Victoria used it when giving birth to her child
  • Hannah Greener lived through the operation on her toe nail - proving to other surgeons chloroform did work
  • People preferred not feeling pain during surgery
  • James Simpson died and people felt sorry for him

3. Who discovered different blood groups?

  • Watson and Crick
  • Robert Lister
  • Karl Landsteiner
  • Reuben Ottenberg

4. Which statement is not true:

  • Lister influenced the use of sterilised rubber gloves
  • Lister influenced surgeons to stop operating in ordinary clothes and to wear surgical gowns and face masks instead
  • Lister influenced operating theatres and hospitals to be rigorously cleaned
  • Lister believed: 'success depends on attention to detail'

5. Why did surgeons oppose carbolic spray?

  • They didn't believe Lister
  • They enjoyed infecting patients
  • They didn't like Lister
  • They enjoyed taking their time and didn't want to waste time spray carbolic

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