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6. What were some of the down sides to chloroform?
- Patients couldn't tell the surgeon when to stop
- Surgeons tried more risky operations and killed more people
- It gave people the flu
- People enjoyed pain and didn't want it to end
7. Why did people oppose to using chloroform?
- Hannah Greener lived through an operation with chloroform to find she grew an extra toe nail
- Doctors could no longer show off how quickly they could perform an operation
- Chloroform had been tested and harmful side effects had been discovered
- Pain was invented by the devil and people may become even more ill if they didn't feel their pain
8. Who discovered different blood groups?
- Reuben Ottenberg
- Karl Landsteiner
- Robert Lister
- Watson and Crick
9. Who discovered carbolic spray?
- William Halsted
- Joseph Lister
- Louis Pasteur
- Robert Liston
10. Why did surgeons oppose carbolic spray?
- They enjoyed taking their time and didn't want to waste time spray carbolic
- They didn't believe Lister
- They didn't like Lister
- They enjoyed infecting patients
11. What did Harold Gillies help improve?
- Plastic surgery
- Brain surgery
- Blood transfusions
- X-ray machines
12. Where did the idea of using carbolic spray come from?
- Sewage
- Cattle
- Infection
- Water
13. Which anaesthetic was the first to be discovered?
- Laughing gas
- Ether
- Chloroform