David H. Chestnut, M.D., Section on the History of Anesthesia
UAB Anesthesiology Department

 

Status Report

June 2002-June 2006

 

 

A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Director

 

29 August 2006

 

 

            Last year Dr. Doris Cope published an article entitled “History as a Subspecialty of Anesthesiology.”  She outlines many organizational efforts related to anesthesia history and concludes, “In anesthesiology, which was the first medical specialty to be born in the United States, those with an eye for past tradition are alive and well.” (1)  The Anesthesiology Department at the University of Alabama School of Medicine is making a significant contribution to that “subspecialty.”

            In June 2002 the department created a Section on the History of Anesthesia within its Education Division. In June 2005 the Section was formally named the DAVID HILL CHESTNUT, M.D. SECTION ON THE HISTORY OF ANESTHESIA  in honor of the Chairman who enthusiastically supported its creation. What follows is a progress report on the Section’s activities during its first four years.

 

In the June 2002 Section proposal, the following goals were listed:

 

1. Acquaint the medical students, anesthesiology residents, fellows, and faculty at UAB as well as the anesthesiologists practicing in the city and state, with the historical past, and the contributions of anesthesiology to the legacy of modern medicine.

 

2. Encourage and actively perform research in the history of anesthesia by utilizing the academic environment at UAB, UA Tuscaloosa, and the Reynolds Collection of the UAB Lister Hill Library.

 

3. Familiarize the academic establishments, medical community and lay public with the progression of events that led to the establishment and the broadening of modern anesthetic practices.

 

4. Expand our Departmental Library as a source of materials for anesthesia history in the various subspecialty areas.

 

5. Secure funding for the many HOA projects mentioned above.

 

6. Develop an organizational structure.

 

 

            As the appendices of this report demonstrate, progress toward meeting these goals has been steady and exciting. Six departmental faculty are now affiliated with the Section. Several residents have participated in history projects and presented their results at local, national and international forums. The Section also sponsors an annual award to recognize the best of these resident efforts. Numerous meeting presentations and publications  have been completed by Section faculty.  Each year the department hosts a Visiting Professor in the History of Anesthesia. The Section has co-sponsored local exhibits, lectures and meetings with UAB’s Reynolds Historical Library and the Anesthesia History Association.

 

            The achievements have been numerous, but I am confident they are only the beginning!

 

 

 

1. Cope DK. History as a subspecialty of anesthesiology. ASA Newsletter 2005 October; 69(10):

 

 

 

 

Appendices

 

1. Faculty

2. Visiting History Professors

3. Grand Rounds Lectures

4. Exhibits

5. Resident Academic Projects

6. History Journal Clubs

7. Current Research by History Section Faculty

8. Other Events and Projects

9. Meeting Presentations by Faculty and Residents

10. Albin Award for Anesthesia History Research

11. Publications

12. WWW Pages

13. Articles about the Section

 

 

 

1. Faculty

 

Maurice Albin, M.D., M.Sc. (Anes)
Professor  

J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., M.S.
Professor

Ray J. Defalque, M.D.
Professor

Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.
Assistant Professor 

Jason McKeown, M.D.
Assistant Professor

A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Director
Associate Professor 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Visiting History Professors

 

John W. Severinghaus, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesia, Emeritus
University of California, San Francisco

"'The Hidden Letter': The Discovery of Oxygen"
and
"Controversies in the Regulation of Respiration"
November 21, 2005

 

Doris K. Cope, M.D.
Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Clinical Director
St. Margaret Pain Medicine Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"Pain: Remedies from Early Americana and their Evolution to the Present"
and

"Creole Anesthesiology in Antebellum New Orleans"
November 15, 2004

 

Douglas R. Bacon, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, Minnesota
"Chemical and Biological Warfare: An Historical Perspective"
and

"Going on 100 Years: The Importance of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 
to the Specialty of Anesthesiology"
February 23, 2004

 

Donald Caton, M.D.
Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida College of Medicine

"How Women Influenced Obstetric Anesthesia"

and

"Who Said Childbirth is Natural?"
September 23, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Grand Rounds Lectures [all lectures by Section faculty unless otherwise noted]

 

"Abuse, Addiction and Anesthesia"
Jason McKeown, M.D.
April 24, 2006

"History of the First American Society of Regional Anesthesia"
Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.
February 13, 2006 

"Historical Firsts:
The Isolation, Transplantation and Storage of the Mammalian Brain(1962-1968)"
Maurice S. Albin, M.D. 
January 16, 2006  

“They All Didn’t Bite the Bullet! 
Anesthesia, Anesthetics and Substance Abuse During the United States Civil War, 1861-1865.”
Maurice S. Albin, M.D., M.Sc. 
April 4, 2005

"Famous Writers and Anesthetic Agents"
A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
March 7, 2005 

"Curbelo and Gutierrez: Pioneers of Epidural Anesthesia"
J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., M.S.
Arachnoiditis Foundation
February 14, 2005

"Harvey Cushing and Early Theories on Shock"
Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.
October 11, 2004

"The History of Epidural Anesthesia"
Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.
February 16, 2004

"Early History of Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation"
J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., M.S.
October 20, 2003

"Herbal Medicine in America: Not So New After All"
Michael Flannery, M.L.S.
Associate Director for Historical Collections
University of Alabama at Birmingham
November 18, 2002

"Important Contributions to the History of Neuroanesthesia in the 19th and 20th Centuries"
Maurice S. Albin, M.D.
February 17, 2003

"Pioneers of Epidural Needle Design--A Journey Through the Development of Continuous
Neuraxial Blockade"
Michael Froelich, M.D.
Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology 
University of Florida
March 31, 2003

"It Ain't Necessarily So: Historical Myths in Anesthesia"
Ray J. Defalque, M.D.
Professor [ret.]
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
April 28, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Exhibits

 

On display [January-March 2006]:
just outside the Anesthesiology Library
Jefferson Towers 965:

"Historical Firsts:
The Isolation, Transplantation and Storage of the Mammalian Brain(1962-1968)"
Maurice S. Albin, M.D. 

 

On display [January-March 2006]:
in the Jefferson Towers 9th floor display case:

"Patent Medicine Advertising Cards." 

In 2004 the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences acquired a large collection of these cards, which were used to advertise trademarked nostrums in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This exhibit offers a selection of the cards featuring beautiful artwork printed by color lithography and touting their claims as a "universal pain killer" and cures for many other ailments. Among the products included are the famous Carter's Liver Pills and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The exhibit offers a glimpse of what drug marketing was like in the United States before the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. These reproductions have been loaned to us by the Museum and its curator Steafnie T. Rookis. The Museum is located on the third floor of the Lister Hill Library; hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. More information is at http://www.uab.edu/historical/museum.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On display January 15, 2005-April 2005:

"Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848"
George A. Swanson, M.D., Maurice S. Albin, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Kamara A. Savage, B.S.


George A. Swanson, M.D. and his ASA poster

 

On display November 2004-January 15, 2005:


Jason McKeown, M.D. and his ASA poster

Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870s.
Jason L. McKeown, M.D., Maurice Albin, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Kamara Savage, B.S.

 

On Display March-October 2004:

"Alice McNeal, M.D. [1897-1964]: Alabama's First Female Anesthesiologist"
A.J. Wright, M.L.S.

 

 



On display November 2003-February 2004:

"History of Epidural Anesthesia: Pages, Dogliotti, Guiterrez, and Ruiz"
poster presentation by
Mark A. Mandabach, M.D.
[also on display May-July 2002]

 

 

 

 

Also on display during January and February 2004:

DR. OLIVER WENDALL HOLMES, SR., EXHIBIT ON JT9

In November 1846, Dr. Holmes wrote a letter to William T.G. Morton, who had demonstrated successful ether anesthesia for surgery the previous month at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In that letter Holmes suggested the word "anaesthesia" to describe the condition Morton had created in his patient. That word had been used the ancient Greeks to suggest "without sensation," but Holmes was the first to couple its use with gas inhalation to prevent pain during surgery. Holmes (1809-1894) was a remarkable nineteenth-century physician, poet, and novelist who in 1843 published a landmark paper suggesting that puerperal fever was contagious and often caused by contact with health care workers. One of our faculty, Dr. Maurice Albin, has provided some materials associated with Dr. Holmes, and along with biographical material and the text of his letter to Morton, they are on exhibit in the JT9 display case across the hall from Ms. Pat Thompson's office.

 

 Other Exhibits:

"Gardner Quincy Colton's Visit to Mobile, Alabama, in 1848"
poster presentation by
A.J. Wright, M.L.S.

"Mere Amateurs: Early Interest in Physician Anesthesia in the U.S."
poster presentation by
A.J. Wright, M.L.S.

"The Chloroform Plot to Hijack the Monitor!"
poster presentation by 
Maurice Albin, M.D.
[on display July-October 2003; July-October 2005]

"Crawford Long, Ether Anesthesia and Doctor's Day"
[on display March-June 2003]

"Quistorp and 'Anaesthesia' in 1718"
poster presentation by
A.J. Wright, M.L.S. and Ray J. Defalque, M.D.
[on display January-February 2003]

"Opium Eaters" and Morphinists"--Narcotic Addiction and the Civil War: Did It All Start There? 
poster presentation by
Maurice Albin, M.D
[on display November-December 2002]

"The Society of Dutch Chemists and its Contribution to Anesthesia"
poster presentation by 
Ray J. Defalque, M.D. and A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
[on display September-October 2002]

"Historical Role of N2O as a Marker of Brain Function"
poster presentation by
Maurice Albin, M.D.
[on display August 2002]

"Preston Sturges and The Great Moment"
poster presentation by
A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
[on display February-April 2002]

"Anesthesia Timelines"
An exhibit of historical chronologies
[on display May-June 2005]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Resident Academic Projects

 

“The History of Brain Death”
Doug Hester, M.D.
Faculty Advisor: A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
[in progress]

"The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium"
Jim Sparrow, M.D.
Faculty Advisor: Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.
March 27, 2006

"The History of Hypnosis in Anesthesia"
Jim Leifeste, M.D.
Faculty Advisor: Jason McKeown, M.D.
February 20, 2006

"Anesthesia as Women's Work: The Historical Role of the Female Anesthetist"
Rob Watson, M.D.
Faculty Advisor: A. J. Wright, M.L.S
August 15, 2005

Jason McKeown, M.D.
"Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's"
May 13, 2004

George Swanson, M.D.
"Early Opposition to Inhaled Anesthesia"
Faculty Advisor: Maurice Albin, M.D.
March 4, 2004 

 

 

6. History Journal Clubs

 

2006

All faculty and residents are invited to join David Thomas (GlaxoSmithKline) in the Ireland Room, 3rd floor, Lister Hill Library on Thursday, May 18, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Mike Flannery, Associate Director for UAB Historical Collections, will provide tours of the Reynolds Historical Library and the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences. Wine and a private viewing of the 2006 UASOM Student Art Show will also precede the dinner program, which begins at 7:00 p.m. This fourth annual journal club at the Reynolds and Museum is "Brain Death: Past and Present" by Doug Hester, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., and A. J. Wright, M.L.S. Journal articles are available from Margaret Dodd in JT964 or 4-6525.
[Tuesday Report 16 May 2006]

2005

All faculty and residents are invited to join David Thomas (GlaxoSmithKline) for Journal Club at the Reynolds Historical Library, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Ireland Room 3rd floor, Lister Hill Library, on Thursday, February 10. Beginning at 6:00 p.m. (tour of Reynolds Historical Library & Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences), 6:30-7:00 p.m. (Wine & Private viewing of exhibits at the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, including "George Washington to George Bush, 1783-2002," "The Iron Lung," and "Gynecological Instruments of James Marion Sims, M.D."), and at 7:00 p.m. (Dinner Program). Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., A.J. Wright, MLS, and Jim Sparrow, M.D. will present "The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium." Journal articles are available by contacting Margaret Dodd (4-6525). [Tuesday Report 8 February 2005]

2004

All faculty and residents are invited to join David Thomas (GlaxoSmithKline) at the Reynolds Historical Library, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, Ireland Room 3rd floor, Lister Hill Library, on Thursday, March 18 beginning at 6:00 p.m. (tour of Reynolds Historical Library & Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences), 6:30-7:00 p.m. (Wine & Private viewing of the 2004 UASOM Student Art Show), and 7:00 p.m. (Dinner Program). Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., A.J. Wright, MLS, Jennifer Dollar, M.D., Noah Bunker, M.D., and Hunter Reynolds, M.D. will present "Who Was First? Long? Wells? Morton?" Journal articles are in resident mailboxes and also available by contacting Margaret Dodd (4-6525). [Tuesday Report 16 March 2004]

2003

Attention all faculty and residents: Please join Maureen Cowan of Purdue and Corey Covington of Abbott Labs at Reynolds Historical Library in the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences – Ireland Room, 3rd Floor, Lister Hill Library on Tuesday, April 22 from 6-6:30 for a tour of Reynolds Historical Library & Anesthesia History Exhibit; 6:30-7pm – Wine & private viewing of exhibit; 7:00 p.m. – Dinner Program – Nabil Ali, M.D., Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., A. J. Wright, M.L.S., Jason McKeown, M.D., & Jeff Manning, M.D., present "Two Cases of Paralysis Following Spinal Anesthesia: The Woolley and Roe Case." Journal articles are available by the resident mailboxes. [Tuesday Report 22 April 2003]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Current Research by History Section Faculty

 

 

7.1
Maurice Albin, M.D.

 

“The Awesome Power of a $30 Seatbelt: Some Early Reminiscences of Gazi Yasargil, M.D.” Neurosurgery [in press]

 

“The Chloroform Plot to Hijack the Monitor” [manuscript completed]

 

“William Hammond, M.D., The Organizing Genius of Modern U.S. Military Medicine”

 

“The First Report of the Presence of Paradoxical Air Embolism”

 

 

7.2

J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D.

 

*Europeans involved in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848):the treatment of an "American" General with a gunshot to the chest by a "Mexican" Surgeon.

 

*Historical Facts and Fiction of the role of Magnesium in Anesthesia.

 

*Contributions of the Finochietto brothers (Enrique and Ricardo), beyond the rib spreader.

 

*Who was first Andreas or Leonardo?

 

*Historical review of the various methods and devices to locate the epidural space.

 

*Historical aspects of spinal Arachnoiditis.

 

 

7.3

Ray Defalque, M.D.

 

 The Puzzling Death of Reinhard Heydrich


The Early History of Methadone: Myths and Facts


The Early history of Pervitine in Germany (methamphetamine)


Frostbites in World War II: Wehrmacht vs US Army experience


Anesthetic Mixtures in the Nineteenth  Century


Anesthesia in U-Boats in WW2

 

 

7.4

Mark Mandabach, M.D.

 

History of Caudal Anesthesia

 

 

7.5

Jason McKeown, M.D.

 

Abuse, Addiction, and Anesthesia

 

 

 

7.6

A.J. Wright, M.L.S.


Stranger in a Strange Land:
Dr. Alice McNeal and Academic Anesthesia in Alabama, 1946-1962

 

Early Physician-Anesthetists in Alabama:
James Robinson, James Chisolm and Robert McGahey

 

Balloons and Medical Gases:
The Collaboration of James Sadler and Thomas Beddoes

 

Anesthesia in Popular Culture

 

Early Female Physicians in Alabama

 

Early African-American Physicians in Alabama

 

 

 

8. Other Projects and Events

 

8.1

"Doctor's Day and Anesthesia, the Legacy of Dr. Crawford W. Long"

William D. Hammonds, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesia, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 

Doctor's Day Lecture

March 28, 2003


Co-sponsored with UAB's Reynolds Historical Library

Lecture will be held in the Ireland Room
Lister Hill Library 3rd Floor
1700 University Blvd

A reception and anesthesia history exhibit opening followed the lecture.

 

 

 

 

8.2

A Primer on the History of Anesthesia is distributed to residents in two parts. CA-    1s are given Part 1: General Anesthesia; CA-2s are given Part 2: Regional and Local Anesthesia. These items are collections of selected classic articles on the topic.

 

8.3

 J. Antonio Aldrete, MD, MS, has recently been named one of the 2006-2007 Paul M. Wood Fellows by the Board of Trustees of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology in Park Ridge, Illinois. Dr. Aldrete's research project is "Anesthetic Management of the Wounded during the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848."  [TuesdayReport 16 May 2006]

 

 

8.4

“They All Didn’t Bite the Bullet! 
Anesthesia, Anesthetics and Substance Abuse During the United States Civil War, 1861-1865.”
Maurice S. Albin, M.D., M.Sc. 
2004 Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture
of the
WOOD LIBRARY-MUSEUM OF ANESTHESIOLOGY
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
[An ASA Newsletter article about this lecture was published in the July 2004 issue.]

 

8.5

Along with the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists, the History Section/Department hosted and organized the 12th Annual Spring Meeting of the Anesthesia History Association, held in Birmingham in April, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Meeting Presentations by Faculty and Residents

 

Mark Mandabach, M.D.
”The First One Hundred Years of Caudal Anesthesia”
Anesthesia History Association 13th Annual Spring Meeting
June 22-24, 2006
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

 

 

Jason McKeown, M.D.

“Abuse, Addiction and Anesthesia”
Anesthesia History Association 13th Annual Spring Meeting
June 22-24, 2006
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

 


Mark Mandabach, M.D., Jason McKeown, M.D. & Mrs. Tiffany McKeown
13th Annual Spring Meeting of the Anesthesia History Association
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota June 22-24, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

Maurice Albin, M.D., MSc. (Anes.)
"CNS Transplantation"
Panel: History of Solid Organ Transplantation
ASA, October 25, 2005

A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
"The Importance of Solid Organ Transplantation to Anesthesiology : An Historical Perspective"
Panel: History of Solid Organ Transplantation
ASA, October 25, 2005

 

The following papers were presented by departmental faculty and residents
 at the Anesthesia History Association's 12th Annual Spring Meeting April 7, 2005
Birmingham, Alabama:

*Aldrete JA, Auad OA, Gutierrez VP, Wright AJ. Alberto Gutierrez, The “Hanging Drop” and Beyond 

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Travers vs. Wilde: Chloroform Acquitted  

*Mandabach MG. Gaston Labat and the first ASRA: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions 

*McKeown J. Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's 

*Sparrow J, Mandabach MG. The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium 

*Swanson GA. Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848

*Watson R, Wright AJ. Anesthesia as Women’s Work: The Historical Role of the Female Anesthetist 

*Wright AJ. Famous Writers and Anesthetic Agents 

 

George A. Swanson, M.D., Maurice S. Albin, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Kamara A. Savage, B.S.
"Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848"
ASA Las Vegas
October 25, 2004

Jason McKeown, M.D.
"Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's"
ASA Las Vegas
October 25, 2004

 

"John B. Porter, M.D., U.S. Army Medical Corps: 
Shaping the Early Bias Against Anesthetics in the Surgery of Gunshot Wounds in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)"
George Swanson, M.D. and Maurice Albin, M.D.
29th Annual Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Residents' Research Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
March 14-16, 2003

 

 

10. Albin Award for Anesthesia History Research

 [awarded each July at the New Residents Dinner]

2005
Co-Winners

Jim Sparrow, M.D.
The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium

Rob Watson, M.D.
Anesthesia as Women’s Work: The Historical Role of the Female Anesthetist 

2004
 Jason L. McKeown, M.D.
Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's

2003
 George Swanson,  M.D.
Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848

 

 

11. Publications

 

2006-Journal Publications

*Aldrete JA, Auad OA, Gutierrez VP, Wright AJ. Alberto Gutierrez: besides the hanging drop. Rev Argent Anest 63(5): 288-301, September-October 2005 [Spanish]

*Defalque RJ. Causalgia: an unknown contribution. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 24(2): 26-28, April 2006

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Quistorp and "Anaesthesia" in 1718. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 24(1): 5-8, January 2006

*Mandabach MG, Wright AJ. The American society of Regional Anesthesia: a concise history of the original group--its birth, growth, and eventual dissolution. Reg Anesth Pain Med 31(1): 53-65, January-February 2006  

*Watson RD Jr, Wright AJ. Anesthesia as women's work: the historical role of the female anesthetist. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 24(2): 17, 20, April 2006

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 24(2): 30-31, April 2006

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 24(1): 12-13, January 2006



2005-Journal Publications

*Albin MS. From there to modernity: a millennium of progress in a century. ASA Newsletter 69(10): 5-7, 11, October 2005

*Aldrete JA, Auad OS, Gutierrez VP, Wright AJ. Alberto Gutierrez and the hanging drop. Reg Anesth Pain Med 30: 397-404, 2005

*Aldrete JA, Auad OA, Gutierrez V, Wright AJ. Alberto Gutierrez: beyond the hanging drop. Bull Anesth History 23(2): 6-14, April 2005

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Travers vs. Wilde and Other: chloroform acquitted. Bull Anesth History 23(4): 1, 4-7, October 2005

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. "Samurai Bill," the third Bigelow. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 23(3): 1, 4-8, July 2005

*Mandabach MG. Review of A Celebration of 75 Years Honoring Ralph Milton Waters, M.D.: Mentor to a Profession, Morris LE, et al, eds. Anesthesiology 103(5): 1106-1107, November 2005

*Swanson GA. The religious objections and military opposition to anesthetics, 1846-1848. Bull Anesth History 23(2): 1, 4-5, 14, April 2005

*Wright AJ. AHA meets in the Magic City ! Bulletin of Anesthesia History 23(3): 15-17, July 2005

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 23(4): 12-13, October 2005

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 23(3): 18-19, July 2005

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 23(2): 18-19, April 2005

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 23(1): 19-20, January 2005  



 

2005-Abstracts

*Albin MSS, White RJ, Verdura J. Historical firsts: the total isolation, transplantation and hypothermic preservation of the mammalian brain, 1962-1968. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 17(4): 234, October 2005

*Aldrete JA, Auad OA, Gutierrez VP, Wright AJ. Alberto Gutierrez, The “Hanging Drop” and Beyond Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham , Alabama . Abstract volume.

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Travers vs. Wilde: Chloroform AcquittedAnesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham , Alabama . Abstract volume.

*Mandabach MG. Gaston Labat and the first ASRA: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham, Alabama. Abstract volume.

*McKeown J. Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham, Alabama. Abstract volume.

*Sparrow J, Mandabach MG. The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham , Alabama . Abstract volume.

*Swanson GA. Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848
Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham, Alabama. Abstract volume.

*Watson R, Wright AJ. Anesthesia as Women’s Work:The Historical Role of the Female Anesthetist Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham , Alabama . Abstract volume.

*Wright AJ. Famous Writers and Anesthetic Agents Anesthesia History Association 12th Annual Spring Meeting, April 7, 2005, Birmingham , Alabama . Abstract volume.

2004-Journal Publications/Book Chapters

*Albin MS, Sim P. Oliver Wendell Holmes, M.D., 1809-1894, poet, physician and anesthesia advocate: rare items from the Maurice S. Albin Collection. ASA Newsletter 68(10): 18-19, 23, October 2004

*Aldrete JA, Cabrera HS, Wright AJ. Manuel Martinez Curbelo and continuous lumbar epidural anesthesia. Bull Anesth Hist 2004 October; 22(4):1, 4-8

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. In the name of God: why Agnes Sampson and Eufame McCalyean were burned at the stake. Bull Anesth Hist 22(3):11-14, 20, July 2004

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. The short, tragic life of Robert M. Glover. Anaesthesia 59:394-400, 2004

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Erwin R. Schmidt, M.D.: a pioneer in surgery and anesthesia. In: Morris LE, ed. A Celebration of 75 Years Honoring Ralph Milton Waters, M.D.: Mentor to a Profession. Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 2004, pp 176-178

*Wright AJ. Appeals for physician anesthesia in the United States between 1880 and 1920. In: Morris LE, ed. A Celebration of 75 Years Honoring Ralph Milton Waters, M.D.: Mentor to a Profession. Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 2004, pp 14-20

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth Hist 2004 October; 22(4):19-20

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth Hist 22(3):19-20, July 2004

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth Hist 22(2): 19-20, April 2004

*Wright AJ. Modest proposal for an anesthesia history full text project. Bull Anesth Hist 22(2):16-17, April 2004

*Wright AJ. Review of K. Patrick Ober, Mark Twain and Medicine: "Any Mummery Will Cure." Library J 129(2):117, February 1, 2004

2004-Abstracts

*McKeown J. Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870s. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 25, 2004 A-1309 [poster presentation; CD/online publication: Anesthesiology 101:A1309, 2004]

*Swanson GA, Albin MS, Wright AJ, Savage KA. Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 25, 2004 A-1311 [poster presentation; CD/online publication: Anesthesiology 101:A1311, 2004]




 

2003-Journal Publications/Book Chapters

*Albin MS. A new academic venture in studying the history of anesthesia. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 21(1):1, 4-5, January 2003

*Aldrete JA, Wright AJ. Anestesia y el alma. In: Aldrete JA, ed. Texto de anestesiologia teorico-practica. 2nd ed. Mexico, D.F.: Editorial El Manual Moderno, 2003, 1625-1628

*Aldrete JA, Wright AJ. Consciente bajo anestesia. In: Aldrete JA, ed. Texto de anestesiologia teorico-practica. 2nd ed. Mexico, D.F.: Editorial El Manual Moderno, 2003, 1527-1531

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Who invented the "jaw thrust"? Anesthesiology 99:1463-1464, 2003

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 2003 Jan; 21(1):16-17, 19

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 21(2):17-18, April 2003

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 21(3):23-24, July 2003

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 21(4):18,20, October 2003

*Wright AJ. Review of Nicholas L. Tilney, Transplant: From Myth to Reality [Yale University Press, 2003]. Library Journal 128(16):110, October 1, 2003

*Wright AJ. Review of Alan M. Kraut, Goldberger's War: The Life and Times of a Public Health Crusader [Hill and Wang, 2003]. Library J 2003 July; 128(12):114



2003-Abstracts

*Defalque RJ, Wilkinson DJW, Wright AJ. Keeping the Airway Open: Who was First? In: Anesthesia History Association. 10th Annual Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1, 2003. Abstract book.

Mandabach M. The history of pediatric caudal anesthesia. In: Anesthesia History Association. 10th Annual Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1, 2003. Abstract book



2002-Journal Publications/Book Chapters

*Albin MS. Servo-anesthesia and the search for a residency. Bull Anesth Hist 20(4):3, October 2002

*Albin MS. Odd days--even days: to curarize or not to curarize! Bull Anesth Hist 20(1):3, January 2002

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Condors over the Alps. Bulletin Anesthesia History 2002 July; 20(3):16-17     

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Contributions of the Legion Condor to the Wehrmacht's surgical care during WW2. In: JC Diz, et al, eds. The History of Anesthesia: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Santiago, Spain, 19-23 September 2001. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2002, pp 255-260

*Wright AJ. Chemical and biological warfare. In: Stanley Sandler, ed. Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2002, volume 1: 178-179

*Wright AJ. Mere amateurs: early interest in physician anesthesia in the U.S., 1880-1920. In: History of Anaesthesia Society. Proceedings. 30:71-77, 2002

*Wright AJ. See you in the funny papers: anesthesia in cartoons and comics. In: JC Diz, et al, eds. The History of Anesthesia: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Santiago, Spain, 19-23 September 2001. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2002, pp 547-551

*Wright AJ. Review of Allen B. Weisse, Heart to Heart: The Twentieth-Century Battle Against Cardiac Disease; An Oral History. Library Journal 127(15):85, September 15, 2002

*Wright AJ. Review of Simmons JG. Doctors and Discoveries: Lives that Created Today's Medicine (Houghton, 2002). Library Journal 127(10):183-184, June 1, 2002

Wright AJ. Review of Sharla M. Fett, Working Cures: Healing, Health, and Power on Southern Slave Plantations (University of North Carolina Press, 2002). Library Journal 127(8):126, May 1, 2002

*Wright AJ. Review of Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. Library Journal 127(6):130, April 1, 2002

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 20(1): 17, 19, January 2002

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 20(2): 12-13, 16, April 2002

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 20(3):14-15, July 2002

*Wright AJ. From the literature. Bull Anesth History 20(4):12-13, 15, October 2002

*Wright AJ. Little Prizes for 2000 announced by AHA. Bull Anesth Hist 20(1):16, 19, January, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. WWW Pages

 

History of Anesthesia Section

http://www.anes.uab.edu/hoasection.htm

 

History of Anesthesia Section Proposal June 2002

http://www.anes.uab.edu/hoaproposal2.htm

 

Departmental Timeline

http://www.anes.uab.edu/timeline.htm

 

Departmental Chairs 1948-2006

http://www.anes.uab.edu/chairs.htm

 

Anesthesia History Calendar

http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/calendar.htm

 

Anesthesia and Pain History Resources on the Internet

http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/anesnet.htm

 

 

 

13. Articles about the Section

 

Albin MS. A new academic venture in studying the history of anesthesia. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 2003 January; 21(1): 1, 4-5

 

Chestnut DH. Academics and history: UAB creates History of Anesthesia Section. ASA Newsletter 2002 September; 66(9): 32