The Anesthesia History Association

Spring Meeting

Thursday, May 11, 1995

Scientific Program

 

 

7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast

 

Two Concurrent Sessions (8:00AM-10:00AM)

 

Panther Room

Samuel Tirer, M.D., C.M., Presiding

 

The Sleeping Gas: Nitrous Oxide in Medical and Chemistry Textbooks 1800-1844

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

 

Rationalism vs. Empiricism in the Initial Choice of Anesthetic Agents

Norman A. Bergman, M.D.

 

In Plymouth, Mass., Dr. Charles Jackson Invented Anesthesia

Gerald L. Zeitlin, M.D.

 

The First Quarter Century of General Anesthesia

Harry Wollman, M.D.

 

 

Oakland Room

Gerard W. Ostheimer, M.D., Presiding

 

Richard von Foregger, Ph.D. (1872-1960): Chemist and Manufacturer

Richard Foregger, M.D.

 

Gaston Labat and Regional Anesthesia

David L. Brown, M.D.

 

Isabella Coler Herb, M.D.: A Leading Pioneer in Anesthesiology

Robert A. Strickland, M.D.

 

The Endotracheal Tube Cuff

Betty J. Bamforth, M.D.

 

 

Coffee Break 10:00AM-10:30AM

 

Two Concurrent Sessions (10;30-Noon)

 

Panther Room

Mark J. Lema, Ph.D., M.D., Presiding

 

Anesthesia and Reanimation in Bullfights in Spain: A Historic "El Tato" (1869) to "Paquirri" (1984)

J.C. Diz, A. Franco, J. Alvarez, J. Cortes, J. Ares, V. Rodriguez

 

Anesthesia During the Vietnam Conflict

A. Gotta, M.D.

 

Naval Anesthesia: An Historical Perspective

D. Smith, Ph.D.

 

 Oakland Room

C. Ronald Stephen, M.D., C.M., Presiding

 

Early Use of Systemic and Regional Anesthesia in Surgery

Hansel de Sousa, M.D.

 

Surgeons and Their Effect on Anesthesiologists: Case Studies of the Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

Doris Cope, M.D.

 

The Fight Against the "Lay Anesthetist" in Southern California, 1919-1934: Part Two.

Selma Harrison Calmes, M.D.

 

 

Luncheon Plenary Session

Noon-1:30 PM

Lucien E. Morris, M.D., Presiding

 

How a Physcian Writes About History and Medicine

Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., F.A.C.S.

 

 

Two Concurrent Sessions (1:30PM-3:00PM)

 

Panther Room

Paul R. Knight, III, M.D., Ph.D., Presiding

 

The Level of Consciousness Concerning Venous Air Embolism Among British, European and American Surgeons During the 19th Century

M.S. Albin, M.D., M.Sc. (Anes.)

 

Craniotomy and Anesthesia in the Early Years After the American Civil War

Burdett S. Dunbar, M.D.

 

The Thermoetherization: Pioneering Works of a Spanish Surgeon Academic

J.C. Diz, A. Franco, J. Alvarez, M. Bouzada, J. Ares

 

Oakland Room

Ted Smith, M.D., Presiding

 

What was the Rausch-Narkose?

R.J. Defalque, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S., B. Panning, M.D.

 

Helmuth Weese (1897-1954)--The Man Behind the Drugs

M. Goerig, M.D.

  

Stranger in a Strange Land: Dr. Alice McNeal and Anesthesia in Alabama

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

 

 

Coffee Break 3:00PM-3:30PM

 

Two Concurrent Sessions (3:30PM-5:00PM)

 

Panther Room

William Hammonds, M.D., Presiding

 

Do Collections Just Happen?

Charles Tandy, M.D.

 

One Rare Timbre: The Rare Book of Paul M. Wood, M.D., to Anesthesiology

Patrick Sim, M.L.S.

 

Crawford W. Long Museum, Jefferson, Georgia: Anesthesia Historical Resources in the Southeast

Susan B. Deaver, M.Ed., M.H.P.

 

 

Oakland Room

Michael Adragna, M.D., Presiding

 

An Inventive Mind: The Career of James O. Elam, M.D.

Robert P. Sands, Jr., M.D.

 

A New Department of Legacy Anesthesiology--1960

John E. Steinhaus, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Application of Punched Cards to Anesthesia Data

Betty J. Bamforth, M.D.

 

 

CME STATEMENT

 

This program is designed to provide a forum for the exchange of recent scholarly work in the history of

anestheisology. The SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this program

for up to 7.5 hours of Category 1 Credit towards the Physician's Recognition Award of the American

Medical Association. The SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by

the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education

programs.

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