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History of Anesthesia

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1848Ether and chloroform: a compendium of their history, surgical use, dangers and discovery.
BIGELOW, Henry Jacob (1818 – 1890)
BIGELOW, Henry Jacob (1818 – 1890)
1850Traité théorique et pratique de la méthode anesthésique appliquée a la chirurgie et aux différentes branches de l'art de guérir.
BOUISSON, Étienne-Frédéric (1813 – 1884)
1861A manual of etherization: Containing directions for the employment of ether, chloroform, and other anaesthetic agents, by inhalation, in surgical operations, Intended for military and naval surgeons, and all who may be exposed to surgical operations, with Instructions for the preparation of ether and chloroform, and for testing them for Impurities. comprising, also, a brief history of the discovery of anaesthesia.
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
1939The evolution of obstetric analgesia.
CLAYE, Sir Andrew Moynihan (1896 – 1977)
1945The history of surgical anesthesia.
KEYS, Thomas Edward (1908 – 1995)
1946The centennial of surgical anesthesia. An annotated catalogue of books and pamphlets bearing on the early history of surgical anesthesia exibited at the Yale Medical Library.
FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
STANTON, Madeline Earle (1898 – 1980)
STANTON, Madeline Earle (1898 – 1980)
1946Ancient anodynes: Primitive anaesthesia and allied conditions.
ELLIS, E. S.
1946Victory over pain: A history of anesthesia.
ROBINSON, Victor (1866 – 1947)
1947Curare, its history, nature, and clinical use.
MCINTYRE, Archibald Ross (1902 – )
1947The development of inhalation anaesthesia, with special reference to the years 1846-1900.
DUNCUM, Barbara Mary (1910 – 2001)
1965Histoire du curare. Les poisons de chasse en Amérique du Sud.
VELLARD, Jehan Albert (1901 – 1996)
1965Milestones in anesthesia. Readings in the development of surgical anesthesia, 1665-1940.
COLE, Frank (1909 – )
1965Foundations of anesthesiology. 2 vols.
KEYS, Thomas Edward (1908 – 1995) FAULCONER, Albert Jr. (1911 – 1985)
1971A list of the works of Sir James Young Simpson, 1811-1870: A centenary tribute by K. F. Russell and F. M. C. Forster.
RUSSELL, Kenneth Fitzpatrick (1911 – 1987)
SIMPSON, Sir James Young (1811 – 1870)
SIMPSON, Sir James Young (1811 – 1870)
1975The development of anaesthetic apparatus. A history based on the Charles King Collection of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.
THOMAS, Kenneth Bryn (1916 – 1978)
1982Under the influence. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia.
SMITH, William Denis Ashley (1918 – 2002)
1985A calculus of suffering: Pain, professionalism and anesthesia in nineteenth-century America.
PERNICK, Martin S. (1948 – )
1989The history of anesthesia
ATKINSON, Richard Stuart (1927 – 2000) BOULTON, Tbomas Babington (1925 – 2016)
1991The origins of thoracic anesthesia.
MUSHIN, William Woolf (1910 – 1993) RENDELL-BAKER, Leslie (1917 – 2008)
1994I Awaken to glory: Essays celebrating the sesquicentennial of the discovery of anesthesia by Horace Wells, December 11, 1844–December 11, 1994.
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J. MENCZER, Leonard F. (1917 – 1994)
1998The genesis of surgical anesthesia.
BERGMAN, Norman A. (1926 – 1999)
2001Tarnished Idol: William Thomas Green Morton and the introduction of surgical anesthesia. A chronicle of the ether controversy
MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819 – 1868)
MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819 – 1868)
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J.
2001The pursuit of oblivion: A global history of narcotics.
DAVENPORT-HINES, Richard (1953 – )
2005Historia de la anestesia en España. 1847-1940.
CORTÉS LAÍÑO, Joaquín FRANCO GRANDE, Avelino ÁLVAREZ ESCUDERO, Julián
2007Charles Thomas Jackson: “The head behind the hands.” Applying science to implement discovery and invention in early nineteenth century America
WOLFE, Richard J.
WOLFE, Richard J.
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880)
PATTERSON, Richard
PATTERSON, Richard
2013Landmark papers in anaesthesia. Edited by Nigel Webster and Helen Galley.
WEBSTER, Nigel R. GALLEY, Helen