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==History== |
==History== |
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Chloroform was first seen in 1830/1 in Western Europe. She started working as a surgeon in 1846. Her dark blue and pink hair colour was considered unnatural and creepy by her patients. Chloroform always wanted look more human and wore a turban to cover her hair to not to scare her patients. Chloroform was loved by Queen Victoria for helping her pain during childbirth. |
Chloroform was first seen in 1830/1 in Western Europe. She started working as a surgeon in 1846. Her dark blue and pink hair colour was considered unnatural and creepy by her patients. Chloroform always wanted look more human and wore a turban to cover her hair to not to scare her patients. Chloroform was loved by Queen Victoria for helping her pain during childbirth. |
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[[File:Chloroform 1862.jpg|thumb|right|Chloroform during the American War, 1862]] |
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She and [[Diethyl Ether]] went to wars as doctors where they helped many people. They held no sides in wars and did surgeries on injured soldiers without any political judgement. |
She and [[Diethyl Ether]] went to wars as doctors where they helped many people. They held no sides in wars and did surgeries on injured soldiers without any political judgement. |
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[[File:Chloroform19thcentury.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chloroform in the 1850s]] |
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Around the 1950s, after being accused of many deaths, Chloroform was forced to retire from working in anaesthesia and replaced by younger anaesthetists such as [[Trichloroethylene]] and [[Halothane]]. Ether voluntarily retired years after Chloroform. Unlike other Organochlorides, Chloroform did not seek for a new job after retirement. She had a short career in refrigeration. |
Around the 1950s, after being accused of many deaths, Chloroform was forced to retire from working in anaesthesia and replaced by younger anaesthetists such as [[Trichloroethylene]] and [[Halothane]]. Ether voluntarily retired years after Chloroform. Unlike other Organochlorides, Chloroform did not seek for a new job after retirement. She had a short career in refrigeration. |
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[[Category:Organochlorides]] |
[[Category:Organochlorides]] |