Bulletin of anesthesia history
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Biography Historical Article
An American in Paris in 1846 and 1847: F.W. Fisher (1821-1877).
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Biography Historical Article
C.T. Jackson's 15 October 1846 letter to J.-B.A.L. Elie de Beaumont: Jackson's thoughts on Ether Day's Eve?
As did the previous letter on 30 November 1845 from Charles T. Jackson to J.-B. A. ⋯ G. Morton would be publicly demonstrating ether anesthesia for surgery the next morning. More importantly, since Elie de Beaumont would play a future pivotal role in assigning initial credit for "discovering anesthesia" to his geological colleague Jackson, rather than to Morton, letters such as these from November of 1845 and October of 1846 can only raise more questions about the impartiality of Elie de Beaumont.
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Historical Article
The history of anesthesia in Roermond 1940-1945--a city in a war zone.
The Second World War brought much grief to the world. Roermond was at the forefront of the war for a period of five months. ⋯ The impression that the hospital records give is that anesthesia was practiced at a far higher level than we had always assumed, using a wide variety of drugs and techniques, in spite of the fact that there were no professional anesthesiologists at the time. That high level was maintained throughout the war in spite of all the hardships.
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Biography Historical Article
Eponyms in the operating room: careers of six European physicians.
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Biography Historical Article
P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FFARCS: regional anesthesia pioneer.
At a time when regional anesthesia was a curious alternative, Dr. Raj developed techniques to improve the success of the blocks and make regional analgesia more acceptable to the average anesthesiologist. His abundant research and numerous articles, books, lectures and demonstrations on regional anesthesia and pain management have established him as a world leader in the field. ⋯ Regional anesthesia and pain management will forever be linked with the name of Dr. Prithvi Raj. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is proud to have been a part of his early development.