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HAS Interactive Quiz


Test your knowledge of the Society and the history of anaesthesia with our interactive quiz.


1.  When was the first meeting of the History of Anaesthesia Society?


  • 6th February 1986
  • 7th June 1986
  • 7th February 1987
  • 6th June 1988


2.  Where was the first meeting of the Society held?

  • London
  • Southend
  • Reading
  • Leicester


3.  Who was the first President of the Society?

  • Dr I McLellan
  • Dr T Boulton
  • Dr JA Lee
  • Dr A Padfield


4.  What sort of wire framed mask is shown on the Society's logo?

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  • Bellamy Gardner
  • Schimmelbusch
  • Skinner
  • Julliard

5.  Who discovered nitrous oxide?


  • Humphrey Davy
  • Joseph Priestley
  • Henry Hickman
  •  Thomas Beddoes 

6.  Which British pioneer of anaesthesia was born on 28th February 1825 in Aylsham, Norfolk?

  • James Young Simpson
  • John Snow
  • Joseph Clover
  • Frederick Hewitt


7.  In the first successful public demonstration on anaesthesia on 16th October 1846, who was the patient?

  • A medical student
  • Gilbert Abbott
  • William Morton
  • Charles T Jackson


8. Letheon was a name given to?

  • Nitrous oxide
  • Ether
  • Chloroform
  • Ethyl chloride


9.  Who in 1846 coined the term anaesthesia to describe insensibility due to the inhalation of ether?

  • William Morton
  • Charles T Jackson
  • Horace Wells
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes


10.  Who in 1853 administered chloroform to Queen Victoria during the birth of her eighth child?

  • James Young Simpson
  • John Snow
  • James Robinson
  • Arthur Guedel


11.  Published since 1922, what is the title of the first journal devoted to anaesthesia?

  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia
  • Anesthesia and Analgesia
  • Journal of Clinical Anesthesia


12.  Who was the first President of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland?

  • Joseph Blomfield
  • Zebulon Mennell
  • Howard Jones
  • Henry Featherstone


13.  The coat of arms of the Royal College of Anaesthetists includes two supporters.  Who is shown on the left?

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  • John Snow
  • Joseph Clover
  • William Morton
  • Frederick Hewitt

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