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Simpson and Anaesthetics
No sufficient way to deal with pain during surgery
Opium
Hypnotism
Alcohol
Blow to the head
1799 Humphry Davy experimented with nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
dulled the pain of his wisdom tooth
Published his findings in 1800
William Morton used ether in 1846 to complete a tooth removal
Ether is highly flammable
light for surgery was provided by candle
irritated lungs
Made patients cough which was dangerous during surgery
Simpson - a scottish doctor who wanted to ease the pain of childbirth
not methodical
Gathered a group of friends who would inhale chemicals to see if they would work
Dangerous
They all survived
tested chloroform on himself and 2 colleagues in his dining room
When he awoke, he realised it was more powerful than ether
more pleasant for patient
More dangerous if wrong dosage
Hannah Greener died of an overdose in 1848
chloroform was met with resistance
John Snow controlled dosage with an inhaler
Used on Queen Victoria during childbirth
Allowed more complex surgeries to be performed