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Chloroform was once used in surgery for what medical purpose?
AAntiseptic wash
BAntimalarial drug
CBlood thinner
DGeneral anaesthetic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. General anaesthetic
Chloroform depressed the nervous system and was once a general anaesthetic before safer ether replaced it.
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