Professional Aspects Exam 1 with correct
answers latest 2025-2026
Ira P. Gunn - CORRECT ANSWER-
1800s - CORRECT ANSWER-Nitrous, Ether, chloroform
ET tubes - CORRECT ANSWER-invented in late 1800s
Valerius Cordus - CORRECT ANSWER-credited with describing and producing ether in 1540
Michael Faraday - CORRECT ANSWER-in 1818 described the exhilarating effect of breathing either vapor
and demonstrated the insensibility to pain
Joeseph Priestly - CORRECT ANSWER-discovered Nitrous oxide in 1772 also discovered oxygen
Davy - CORRECT ANSWER-1800 the exhilarating effect of breathing nitrous oxide
Henry Hill Hickman - CORRECT ANSWER-English surgeon proposed the idea of using a gas to produce
insensibility during surgical procedures Advocated "suspended animation" (general anesthesia) during
surgery
1831 - CORRECT ANSWER-Chloroform first isolate
James Young Simpson - CORRECT ANSWER-1847 discovered the anesthetizing properties of chloroform
and introduced the gas into clinical practice
, John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER-Chloroform for the birth of Prince Leopold (1853) • The chloroform was
given on a handkerchief • Lasted fifty-three minutes. • The Queen expressed herself as "greatly relieved
by the administration." • Popularized the use of pain relief in labor
Crawford Long - CORRECT ANSWER-1842 Administered Ether to patient James Venable for a tumor
removal •1849 Did not publish or publicize his findings until December 1849
Horace Wells - CORRECT ANSWER-1844 -Began extracting teeth using Nitrous Oxide •1845 -Discredited
after unsuccessful demonstration (possibly due to too little gas)
William T. G. Morton - CORRECT ANSWER-October 16, 1846
"Inventor and Revealer of Inhalation Anesthesia: Before Whom, in All Time, Surgery was Agony; By
Whom, Pain in Surgery was Averted and Annulled; Since Whom, Science has Control of Pain."
Dentist, used inhaled ether
Obsessed with his claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia
Oliver Wendell Holmes - CORRECT ANSWER-in 1846 coined the term "anesthesia" from the Greek
anaisthesia, meaning a lack of sensation
First wide spread use of anesthesia was during the Civil War
Civil war - CORRECT ANSWER-First wide spread use of anesthesia was during the
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER-the "father of microbiology" validated the Germ Theory
17. Local Anesthetics - CORRECT ANSWER-1860s cocaine →CNS & CV toxicity & addiction -Early 1900s:
benzocaine & procaine •1940s lidocaine (short acting) •1960s bupivacaine (long acting, CNS & CV toxic)
•1990s ropivacaine (long acting less toxic
Muscle relaxants - CORRECT ANSWER-not really used until 1940s •1940s curare & succinylcholine
•1960s pancuronium •1970s vecuronium •1990s mivacurium & rocuronium
Sister Mary Bernard - CORRECT ANSWER-1877 First Nurse Anesthetist St. Vincent's hospital
answers latest 2025-2026
Ira P. Gunn - CORRECT ANSWER-
1800s - CORRECT ANSWER-Nitrous, Ether, chloroform
ET tubes - CORRECT ANSWER-invented in late 1800s
Valerius Cordus - CORRECT ANSWER-credited with describing and producing ether in 1540
Michael Faraday - CORRECT ANSWER-in 1818 described the exhilarating effect of breathing either vapor
and demonstrated the insensibility to pain
Joeseph Priestly - CORRECT ANSWER-discovered Nitrous oxide in 1772 also discovered oxygen
Davy - CORRECT ANSWER-1800 the exhilarating effect of breathing nitrous oxide
Henry Hill Hickman - CORRECT ANSWER-English surgeon proposed the idea of using a gas to produce
insensibility during surgical procedures Advocated "suspended animation" (general anesthesia) during
surgery
1831 - CORRECT ANSWER-Chloroform first isolate
James Young Simpson - CORRECT ANSWER-1847 discovered the anesthetizing properties of chloroform
and introduced the gas into clinical practice
, John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER-Chloroform for the birth of Prince Leopold (1853) • The chloroform was
given on a handkerchief • Lasted fifty-three minutes. • The Queen expressed herself as "greatly relieved
by the administration." • Popularized the use of pain relief in labor
Crawford Long - CORRECT ANSWER-1842 Administered Ether to patient James Venable for a tumor
removal •1849 Did not publish or publicize his findings until December 1849
Horace Wells - CORRECT ANSWER-1844 -Began extracting teeth using Nitrous Oxide •1845 -Discredited
after unsuccessful demonstration (possibly due to too little gas)
William T. G. Morton - CORRECT ANSWER-October 16, 1846
"Inventor and Revealer of Inhalation Anesthesia: Before Whom, in All Time, Surgery was Agony; By
Whom, Pain in Surgery was Averted and Annulled; Since Whom, Science has Control of Pain."
Dentist, used inhaled ether
Obsessed with his claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia
Oliver Wendell Holmes - CORRECT ANSWER-in 1846 coined the term "anesthesia" from the Greek
anaisthesia, meaning a lack of sensation
First wide spread use of anesthesia was during the Civil War
Civil war - CORRECT ANSWER-First wide spread use of anesthesia was during the
Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER-the "father of microbiology" validated the Germ Theory
17. Local Anesthetics - CORRECT ANSWER-1860s cocaine →CNS & CV toxicity & addiction -Early 1900s:
benzocaine & procaine •1940s lidocaine (short acting) •1960s bupivacaine (long acting, CNS & CV toxic)
•1990s ropivacaine (long acting less toxic
Muscle relaxants - CORRECT ANSWER-not really used until 1940s •1940s curare & succinylcholine
•1960s pancuronium •1970s vecuronium •1990s mivacurium & rocuronium
Sister Mary Bernard - CORRECT ANSWER-1877 First Nurse Anesthetist St. Vincent's hospital
