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Anaesthesia History Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was the first public demonstration of anaesthesia took place?

a)

Harvard Medical School

b)

Massachusetts General Hospital

c)

Toronto General Hospital

d)

Stanford University Medical Center

2.

The first successful public demonstration of anaesthesia was held on?

a)

16th October 1845

b)

16th October 1846

c)

16th October 1847

d)

16th October 1848

3.

In the first successful public demonstration on anaesthesia, who was the patient?

a)

A medical student

b)

Charles T Jackson

c)

William Morton

d)

Gilbert Abbott

4.

Letheon was a name given to?

a)

Chloroform

b)

Ethyl chloride

c)

Ether

d)

Nitrous oxide

5.

Who in 1846 minted the term anaesthesia to describe insensibility due to the inhalation of ether?

a)

Charles T Jackson

b)

Horace Wells

c)

Oliver Wendell Holmes

d)

William Morton

6.

Who in 1853 administered chloroform to Queen Victoria during the birth of her eighth child?

a)

Arthur Guedel

b)

James Robinson

c)

James Young Simpson

d)

John Snow

7.

What is the title of the first journal published since 1922, devoted to anaesthesia?

a)

Anaesthesia

b)

Anesthesia and Analgesia

c)

British Journal of Anaesthesia

d)

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

8.

Who discovered nitrous oxide?

a)

Henry Hickman

b)

Humphrey Davy

c)

Joseph Priestley

d)

Thomas Beddoes

9.

The first pulse oximeter was developed by

a)

Glenn Allan

b)

Joe E Kiani

c)

Karl Matthes

d)

Takuo Aoyagi

10.

First direct laryngoscopy performed by

a)

Alfred Kirstein

b)

Chevalier Jackson

c)

Henry Janeway

d)

Robert Miller

11.

Where was the first anaesthetic given in Malaya?

a)

Penang

b)

Malacca

c)

Johor

d)

Singapore

12.

Where was the Malaysian Society of Anaesthe-siologists founded?

a)

Ipoh

b)

Johor Bahru

c)

Penang

d)

Malacca

13.

Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medical Sciences, USM was established in

a)

1970

b)

1979

c)

1980

d)

1989