Bulletin of anesthesia history
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Biography Historical Article
William James Morton [1845-1920]: like father, like son (?).
William Thomas Green Morton, the man most commonly associated with the introduction of anesthesia in 1846, fathered William James Morton. William James Morton's contributions to society were substantial. ⋯ His expertise on diamond mining led to an error in judgment that resulted in a felony conviction. We examine his career and contributions to society, and consider his career in light of his father, William Thomas Green Morton.
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Biography Historical Article
From bench to bedside: Claude Bernard, Henry K. Beecher, MD, and science in anesthesia.
Success with the medical management of pain grew tremendously after William Thomas Green Morton's successful demonstration of surgical anesthesia in 1846: Henry K. Beecher's clinical and experimental contributions to anesthesia during and after World War II had a profound impact on how clinicians and experimentalists study human populations in medicine. ⋯ Bernard and Beecher both preferred animal subjects in research when appropriate, but suggested that studies involving some mental, bodily, and cognitive processes required human subjects. Although Beecher and Bernard's lives did not overlap, these two men similarly confronted the issues of complexity in human and animal research, particularly in those phenomena involving higher cognitive functions.
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Historical Article
Mount Auburn Cemetery and its importance to the history of anesthesia.
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Historical Article
Primer on medical history for anesthesiologists: introduction.