The Evolution of Premedication

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Fig. 49.1 Henry K. Beecher (1904–1976). (Courtesy of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Park Ridge, IL.) Premedication is part of the history of anesthesia and thus deserves inclusion in our…

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A History of Veterinary Anesthesia

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Fig. 23.1 John Wright (Photograph of a painting of Wright; painter unknown. Photo taken by Robert Pearson and sent to EPS by Ron Jones) In 1847, Edward Mayhew reported in…

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A History of Intensive Care Medicine

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Fig. 58.1 British nurse Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War in the 1850s, is credited by many with having established the first intensive care unit. (Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) in the…

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A History of Anaesthesia Journals

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Fig. 34.1 The cover of the summer quarter, 1891, issue of theDental & Surgical Microcosm issue, published and edited by SJ Hayes of the Hayes Dental and Surgical Manufacturing Co….

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A History of Anesthesia in China

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Fig. 27.1 Portrait of Bian Que. the earliest known physician of ancient China. (Courtesy of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology, Beijing, China.) Documents from the Eastern Han Dynasty(25CE-220CE) and the…

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Major Anesthetic Themes in the 1960s

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Fig. 9.1 The percent of anesthesiology residents who were IMGs increased to 58% in 1972, falling to a nadir of 9% two decades later. A second peak followed Clinton’s focus…

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