Medicine at 1860 Quiz

The man who discovered chloroform

• James Simpson

• John Snow

• William Morton

• Robert Liston

WHo developed the chloroform inhaler

• William Morton

• Robert Liston

• John Snow

• James Simpson

John Snow was famous for discovering the cause of which disease?

• Sepsis

• Influenza

• Typhoid

• Cholera

An anaesthetic used before chloroform

In 1848, Parliament passed the first _ Act

What theory did Louis Pasteur develop in 1861?

The substance that Joseph Lister used to prevent infection in surgery

The number (roughly) of cesspits in London in 1810

• 500,000

• 200,000

• 50,000

• 100,000

The first Chairman of the General Board of Health

• John Simpson

• Florence Nightingale

• William Morton

• Edin Chadwick