The Half Century Before Ether Day
Fig. 2.1 Humphry Davy, the precocious superintendent of the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, described the capacity of nitrous oxide to prevent pain, suggesting its use in surgical procedures, but no…
ANESTHESIA
A History of Intravenous Anesthesia
Fig. 47.1 This apparatus was designed by the Kny-Scheerer Co. for use with any type of IV anesthetic drug. As described in a report on Intravenous Anesthesia by two New…
Where and How Does the Anesthetic Process Help or Hurt Patients Independent of Producing Anesthesia?
Fig. 42.1 Daniel Sessler. (Fromwww.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/issues/summer07/articles/…) 1970s–1980s: Transcutaneous Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Measurement The blood gas monitoring systems devised in the 1950s, could not be used to continuously monitor respiratory gases…
A Brief History of the Patient Safety Movement in Anaesthesia
Uncalibrated chloroform dilution reservoir bag leading to overdose Phosgene poisoning from chloroform decomposition with open gas lights Misconnection of tubes leading to inhalation of liquid chloroform Chloroform inhalers which when…
Significant Developments in the 1990s
Fig. 12.1 Sixteen new anesthesia societies appeared in the 1900s, several from the new countries that arose from the ashes of the Soviet Union Better Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs? Yes and…
Major Anesthetic Themes in the 1980s
Fig. 11.1 Anesthetic societies continued to accumulate, a dozen in the 1980s In South America, in 1987, the societies in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay formed the Federation of South…
History of Canadian Anesthesia
Edmond I Eger II, Lawrence J. Saidman and Rod N. Westhorpe (eds.)The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4614-8441-7_25 © Edmond I Eger, MD 2014 25. History of Canadian Anesthesia Douglas Craig1 , Diane Biehl1, Robert Byrick2 and John G Wade3 (1) Departments of…
A History of Drug Addiction in Anesthesia
Edmond I Eger II, Lawrence J. Saidman and Rod N. Westhorpe (eds.)The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia10.1007/978-1-4614-8441-7_18 © Edmond I Eger, MD 2014 18. A History of Drug Addiction in Anesthesia Christopher D. Kent1 and Karen B. Domino1 (1)…
Anesthesia, Anesthesiologists and Modern Medical Ethics
3. Holy Bible. New King James Version. 4. Takrouri MSM. Basis of obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia during childbirth. Internet J Health. 2009;9. 5. Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. In the name…
Predicting the Future
Item Number with a Comment Percent Agreeing 1. Research funding will decrease 4 100% 2. Clinical research will focus on outcome trials 4 100% 3. New drugs will be made…
