A steampunk-style breathing apparatus consisting of a gas mask, a large tank, and various valves and tubes.

Can you handle the pressure and survive our high stakes anesthesia medical quiz?

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

Volts

3/q

Before the 1840s, surgery was a brutal race against the clock. Then came ether and the first painless incision at Mass General. Prove you know the pioneers who silenced the screams. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking. Can you handle the pressure of the mask?

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