Which two outcomes occurred as a result of an increase in surgical procedures after anesthesia was discovered?
A) Doctors began to perform surgeries that were not always medically necessary.
B) It was difficult to know how much anesthetic to use, and many patients died from overdoses.
C) Doctors were performing more complex surgeries, but infections from dirty operating rooms led to increased deaths.
D) Patients were uncomfortable being unconscious, which led to an increase in deaths from untreated disease.
E) Barber-surgeons were able to devote more of their time to performing tooth extractions.
The correct answers are B) It was difficult to know how much anesthetic to use, and many patients died from overdoses, and C) Doctors were performing more complex surgeries, but infections from dirty operating rooms led to increased deaths.
Explanation:
B) After the discovery of anesthesia, there was a learning curve regarding the proper dosages, and unfortunately, many patients suffered from overdoses due to a lack of understanding of anesthetic levels.
C) Anesthesia enabled surgeons to perform more complex surgeries that were previously too painful, leading to greater surgical success but also resulting in infections from unclean operating conditions, which increased mortality rates.
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