The growth of hospital care in the 19th century

12 questions

1. What is a substance that makes you unable to feel pain known as?
2. Which surgical problem was the use of ether supposed to help manage?
3. Who pioneered the use of carbolic acid to sterilise wounds?
4. Which of the following was a method used as part of aseptic surgery?
5. Which medical theory inspired Jospeh Lister's work?
6. Starting with the earliest, sort the following developments into chronological order.
7. Write the missing word. ___ is another word used to refer to a hospital.
8. Which group was the drunken and incompetent Dickens character Sarah Gamp associated with?
9. Write the missing word. The danger infection posed to hospital patients was referred to as ___ in the 19th century.
10. How many nurses were trained at the Nightingale School for Nurses between 1860 and 1903?
11. Which medical explanation encouraged Florence Nightingale to promote pavilion plans for hospitals?
12. Which statement is correct?

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