https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks The origins of this vital part of medicine to modern-day use of anesthesia en-us 2021-03-15 01:17:54 UTC 2023-02-25 13:24:08 UTC hello@padlet.com lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383542438 In 1912, a dentist named Dr. J. Heidbrink patented the first anesthetized gas machine, which allowed for controlled flow of both nitrous oxide and oxygen to patients to perform surgery. This was one of the earliest known machines used for medicine.¹
In addition to nitrous oxide and oxygen gas, chloroform and ether were also used to anesthetize patients for various procedures.²
This invention served as a blueprint for future machines and procedures requiring anesthesia.
Source 1: https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/heidbrink-anesthetizer-model-t/
Source 2: https://www.kumc.edu/wwi/base-hospital-28/clinical-services/anesthesia.html]]> 2021-04-05 15:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383542438 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383606096 In 1844, Horace Wells was the first to suggest the use of nitrous oxide in dentistry. The artifact down below shows the scene of a patient getting his tooth extracted with the use of nitrous oxide for anesthesia.
He pursued using nitrous oxide to reduce pain during tooth extraction when he observed a person who was under the influence of nitrous oxide and injured his legs and only felt pain when the nitrous oxide wore off. He then decided to use nitrous oxide to alleviate pain during tooth extractions in patients.¹
The idea behind using nitrous oxide to relieve pain during procedures paved the way for the use of other gasses to help with pain in the future. 
Source 1: https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/119/5/1014/13670/Horace-Wells-Demonstration-of-Nitrous-Oxide-in]]> 2021-04-05 15:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383606096 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383688813 In 1846 at Massachusetts General Hospital, a demonstration was performed that would change medicine for the rest of time.
In what they now call the Ether Dome (the surgical amphitheater), the first public surgery was performed with the use of ether as an anesthetic.¹ The artifact down below is a picture drawn of the assembly that took place that day.
William Morton administered the ether while Dr. John Collins Warren performs the surgery. The patient went through the whole procedure without pain. This was a landmark demonstration and from that point on, anesthesia was used to perform surgical and medical procedures. ¹
Source 1: https://www.massgeneral.org/museum/exhibits/ether-dome/]]> 2021-04-05 16:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383688813 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383746484 Sir James Young Simpson, who was a obstetrician, conducted self trials with a new gas called cholorform.
In 1847, he decided to inhale the new material to see it's effects. At first, his mood changed to one of cheer and humour, but he then found himself unconcious til the next morning.¹ He then knew that this substance could be used as an anaesthetic. The artifact below depicts the scene of this self trial. 
We know now that his self trail was purely luck and if he inhaled too much, he would have died. 
Following his self trials, he used chloroform as anesthetic in many of his patients during childbirth and labor to relieve them of pain. 
Source 1: http://scihi.org/james-young-simpson/

]]> 2021-04-05 16:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383746484 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383832928 For a long time, not much was known about anesthesia and pain reduction during medical and dental procedures. 
We now know a lot more because of these easy experiments with various anesthetics, and the video down below provides a very basic understanding of modern-day anesthetics and how they work with the nervous system and the body. 
Source 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8JRfuPUMQk]]> 2021-04-05 16:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383832928 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383921923 Around the 1860s, masks were used for administering gasses like chloroform and ether in a way that would not harm the patient. This technique started to be used during the Civil War. 
The artifact below explains how and why these masks were used to administer anesthetic. This concept eventually morphed into the modern-day masks that are currently used in medicine and dentistry. 
These masks were typically only made out of metal and cloth and had to be handled with great care or the patient could be injured. 
Source 1: https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14376#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1%2C-641%2C3872%2C3872]]> 2021-04-05 16:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383921923 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383969239 This artifact takes us on a step-by-step walkthrough of the administration of modern-day anesthesia with general anesthetic. In this video, the gas is a mixture of propofol and lidocaine, which help mediate consciousness and pain control in order for the doctor to perform the procedure.¹
They also use a neuromuscular blocker to prevent the patient from moving during the procedure. There have been a lot of advancements in the field of anesthesiology that have allowed us to advance surgical procedures and medicine in general. 
Source 1: https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14376#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1%2C-641%2C3872%2C3872]]> 2021-04-05 17:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1383969239 lschnipke00 https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1384039370 Dr. William Morton, who was famous for having done the first public procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital with anesthesia, has since been coined the Father of Modern Day Anesthesia.
He was an American dental surgeon and lived from 1868 and was a big advocate of the use of surgical anesthesia, more specifically with ether, and has a vast knowledge of the procedure at that time.¹
The medical world gives credit to him for the acceptance of anesthesia into surgical procedures in modern times. 
The artifact below depicts him performing his procedure with ether in 1846 for a tooth extraction. 
Source 1: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Thomas-Green-Morton
Source 2: https://hekint.org/2020/04/30/william-morton-first-demonstrates-the-use-of-ether-anesthesia/]]> 2021-04-05 17:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lschnipke00/Bookmarks/wish/1384039370