Author Question: What medical development greatly advanced the image of surgeons and the success of health care in ... (Read 82 times)

mspears3 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

What medical development greatly advanced the image of surgeons and the success of health care in the decades before the Civil War?

A) The development of anesthesia
B) The discovery of the cause of epidemics
C) The development of new varieties of surgical steel that resulted in sharper scalpels
D) The realization of the importance of cleanliness
E) All of these choices

Question 2

Which of the following was not one of the causes of nationwide epidemics in the United States during the antebellum period?

A) Municipal health boards had little power and therefore could do nothing to stop diseases from spreading.
B) People distrusted physicians and their advice.
C) Doctors did not understand the causes of disease.
D) The transportation revolution enabled epidemics to spread.
E) The widespread use of laughing gas by young people seriously suppressed their immune systems.