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29 Jan 2022, 01:58
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Ether had a brief but important run as the anesthetic of choice in Western medicine, beginning when Dr. Crawford Williamson Long of Jefferson, Georgia, removed neck tumors from a patient under ether anesthesia on March 30, 1842. However, Dr. Long failed to publish the record of his experiment until 1848, by which time Dr. William T. G. Morton, a dentist in Hartford, Connecticut, had conducted a variety of experiments with ether on animals and himself, culminating in the painless extraction of a tooth from a patient under ether on September 30, 1846.
What evidence could the author have included that would best support the contention that ether was important to the history of medicine?
(A) The chemical makeup of diethyl ether—CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3
(B) Names and occupations of the patients on whom Dr. Long and Dr. Morton worked
(C) A comparison of chloroform to nitrous oxide when used as anesthesia
(D) Examples of how ether was used in battlefield medicine during the Civil War
(E) Lists of the compounds used as anesthesia in modern operating rooms
What evidence could the author have included that would best support the contention that ether was important to the history of medicine?
(A) The chemical makeup of diethyl ether—CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3
(B) Names and occupations of the patients on whom Dr. Long and Dr. Morton worked
(C) A comparison of chloroform to nitrous oxide when used as anesthesia
(D) Examples of how ether was used in battlefield medicine during the Civil War
(E) Lists of the compounds used as anesthesia in modern operating rooms
05 Feb 2022, 05:00
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If ether were truly important to the history of medicine, it would be nice to see some examples of its use that support that. Of the suggestions given, only choice (D) provides such examples. Ether's chemical makeup (A) has nothing to do with its importance. The names and occupations of patients (B) are unlikely to offer evidence of this kind—unless they proved to be famous historical figures. Since there is no evidence that they were, choice (B) is not the best option. A comparison of two other anesthetic agents (C) would not add or subtract useful evidence about ether's importance, and neither would lists of other compounds (E). The best answer is choice (D).
If ether were truly important to the history of medicine, it would be nice to see some examples of its use that support that. Of the suggestions given, only choice (D) provides such examples. Ether's chemical makeup (A) has nothing to do with its importance. The names and occupations of patients (B) are unlikely to offer evidence of this kind—unless they proved to be famous historical figures. Since there is no evidence that they were, choice (B) is not the best option. A comparison of two other anesthetic agents (C) would not add or subtract useful evidence about ether's importance, and neither would lists of other compounds (E). The best answer is choice (D).
