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The following abstracts have appeared in the September 1997 supplement to _Anesthesiology_ for presentation at the ASA97 annual meeting next month in San Diego, California:

*Berger IH, Knight PR, Bacon DR. The Langendorff apparatus-unlocking the

secrets of mammal heart function—a review. Anesthesiology 87:A926, 1997

*Cope DK. Morbidity from various anesthetics during the first 25 years after

the introduction of ether. Anesthesiology 87:A925, 1997

*Jandik WR, Vasdev PK, Vasdev GM, Southorn PA. The first use of sequential

inhaled anesthesia mixtures in obstetrics. Anesthesiology 87:A923, 1997

*Juvin P, Desmonts JM. First anesthesia-related deaths in France.

Anesthesiology 87:A922, 1997

*Lewis MC, DeSouza G, TerRiet MF, Gold MI. A true hero of anesthesia—

Joseph T. Davidson. Anesthesiology 87:A927, 1997

*Vassallo SA. The first death associated with anesthesia. Anesthesiology

87:A928, 1997

*Vassallo SA. The first outcome analysis in anesthesia. Anesthesiology

87:A924, 1997