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WorksheetsSurgery over Time
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is an antiseptic?
Something that kills germs
something that makes people unconscious.
Something that spreads germs.
Something that transfers blood from one person to another.
What is an anesthetic?
Something that kills germs.
Something that makes people unconscious.
Someone who is against religious explanations of illness.
An early blood transfusion.
Alcohol was the most common form of anesthetic in the Middle Ages. What was a problem with it?
Only partially worked and made the patient sing.
The surgeons got drunk.
Only partially worked and increased heart rate.
The ale tasted awful without hops.
How did surgeons in the Middle Ages learn to become surgeons?
As an apprentice to another surgeon.
Going to University.
They didn't. Anyone could have a go.
From Medical Books like Galen's.
Why was infection a problem in Medieval Surgery?
The herbs they used were dirty.
Patients got too drunk during operations.
No one knew about germs so did not use clean hands or tools.
They used rusty needles to sew up the wounds.
Name a way in Which Medieval Islamic doctors did practices which improved surgery.
Used silk ligatures which were less likely to get infected.
Used opium as a more effective painkiller.
Used alcohol as an antiseptic on wounds.
Closed down bath houses where infections spread in the water
Vesalius wrote the Fabric of the Human body. How did it help surgeons?
Corrected Galen so they had a better idea of body structure
They could now do blood transfusions
it showed people from Belgium could be famous
It showed Galen was right about the human jaw.
Give an example of one of the mistakes Galen made which Vesalius spotted?
That the human head was one bone.
That blood went round and round the body.
That the kidneys are at different levels.
That the jaw bone is made up of two bones.
Harvey discovered blood circulated round the body. Why couldn't he then do blood transfusions?
He fainted at the sight of blood.
He never told anyone what he discovered.
No one knew about blood groups.
The church banned it.
How did surgeons between 1500-1800 get trained?
By reading Vesalius' books.
As apprentices to other surgeons.
By going to university.
By going to quack doctors.
Why was John Hunter conttroversial because he was accused of what?
Illgealy dissecting an elephant.
Washing before he did surgery.
Being drunk when doing suregry.
Digging up bodies to do dissection.
Why was John Hunter conttroversial because he was accused of what?
Illgealy dissecting an elephant.
Digging up bodies to do dissection.
Washing before he did surgery.
Being drunk when doing suregry.
Pain limited operations in 1800. Which operation was NOT conducted?
Cutting bladder stones
cutting off external growths
Cutting off arms and legs
Cutting out the appendice.
How did Paré discover a less painful antisceptic for gunshot wounds?
Chance - he ran out of burning oil.
Government - he was told to by the French King.
Communication - he read it in a printed book.
Relgion - he thought about when in church.
The anesthetic ether was used in 1846 but had what problems?
It sometimes caught on fire.
It irritated the patients lungs making them cough and move.
It was only made in France and was difficult to get hold of.
It only numbed the legs.
Why did Hannah Greenfield's experience of chloroform turn people off the anesthetic?
She died of an over dose.
It made her sick.
It didn't work.
She caught on fire.
After chloroform surgery went into the 'Black Period' where death rates rose to 50%. Why?
With no antiseptics surgeons cut deeper & carried germs in.
The chlorofrom made the suregons woozy.
Half of patients died of an overdose.
The surgeons wore black gowns.
Some people opposed chloroform. Why?
It caught on fire.
It was too expensive.
Being in pain was part of the healing process.
They claimed the Bible said women should give birth in pain.
Which celebrity mother gave birth to her 8th child with chlorofrom making it popular?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Queen Victoria
Lady Montagu Wortley
Mrs Catherine Dickens - Charles Dickens wife.
What new procedures could be done now chloroform existed?
Cutting out inflamed appedices.
Key hole surgery.
Help with difficult births.
Nothing.
Joseph Lister invented an antisceptic which cut the death rates from 50% to 16%. What was it?
Ether
Nitrous Oxide
Black Salve
Carbolic Spray
What is aseptic surgery?
Killing germs at the surgical site.
Only one surgeon is allowed near the patient.
Only one patient is operated on at a time.
Stopping germs reaching the surgical site.
Who discovered Blood Groups, allowing transfusions?
Karl Landstiener
Joseph Lister
William Halstead
Paul Eaglestone
During which war was it discovered that Sodium Citrate could be used to store blood for 30 days?
WW1
WW2
Korean War
Vietnam War
During which war did Harold Gillies develop skin grafts to reapir soldiers faces?
WW1
WW2
Korean War
Vietnam War
