FROM THE LITERATURE

A.J. Wright, MLS

Department of Anesthesiology Library

School of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

****This listing will appear in a future issue of the Bulletin of Anesthesia History.

NOTE: With this edition of this column, I am changing the format somewhat in order to speed up processing of a large backlog of articles I have yet to list from the past couple of years. I am dropping the brief annotations, but for entries I have examined I will continue to indicate the presence of illustrations, number of references, language if other than English, and so forth. I will annotate items if the subject is not apparent from the title. Also please note that from time to time I list materials unrelated to anesthesia but that are related to a figure important in anesthesia history.

*Albin MS. Celebrating silver: the genesis of a neuroanesthesiology society: NAS > SNANSC > SNACC. J Neuroanesthesiol 9:296-307, 1997. 34 illus., 5 refs.

*Aldrete JA. Contribuciones hispanoamericanas a la anestesiologia. Medico Interamericano 16:396-398, 401-402, 404, 1997 [Spanish]

*Amm M, Holubar K. "Coca-Koller" and his friends. On the 140th birthday of the Vienna Jewish trio: Carl Koller [1857-1944], Sigmund Lustgarten [1857-1911] and Sigmund Freud [1856-1939]. Wien Klin Wochen 109:170-175, 1997 [German]

*Ball C. James Young Simpson, 1811-1870. Anaesth Intens Care 24:639, 1996 [cover note]

*Ball C, Westhorpe R. Clearing the airway--the development of the pharyngeal airway. Anaesth Intens Care 25:451, 1997 [cover note]

*Bause GS. 150 years of obstetric anesthesia: a pictorial overview. ASA Newsletter 61(9):17-19, September 1997. 7 illus.

*Beard DD. James Young Simpson and the South Australian connection. Eur J Anaesthesiol 14: 521-522, 1997. [abstract]

*Bennett AE. Curare: a preventive of traumatic complications in convulsive shock therapy (including a preliminary report on a synthetic curare-like drug). 1940. Convuls Ther 13:93-107, 1997 [classical article reprint]

*Berger IH, Knight PR, Bacon DR. The Langendorff apparatus--unlocking the secrets of mammal heart function. A review. Anesthesiology 87:A926, 1997 [abstract]

*Bevan JC, Pacelli MA. Wesley Bourne: the Quintessential Canadian Anaesthetist. Montreal: MacGill University Libraries, 1996 [reviewed by Shephard DAE. Can J Anaesth 44:1031-1032, 1997; and Stephen CR. Anesth Analg 85:711, 1997]

*Brandt L, ed. Illustrierte Geschichte der Anasthesie. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft,

1997. 272 pp. [German]

*Brimacombe JR, Brain AIJ. Introduction. In: The Laryngeal Mask Airway: A Review and Practical Guide. New York: Saunders, 1997, pp 1-11. [includes an historical section]

*Calmes SH. And what about the baby? Virginia Apgar and the Apgar score. ASA Newsletter

61(9):20-22, September 1997. 2 illus., 8 refs.

*Caton D. Management of childbirth pain before anesthesia. ASA Newsletter 61(9):5-6, September 1997

*Clark RB. Fanny Longfellow and Nathan Keep. ASA Newsletter 61(9):7-9, September 1997. 3 illus., 12 refs.

*Coale SC. Mesmerism and Hawthorne: Mediums of American Romance. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, February 1998

*Conlay LA. The benefit for the monument to ether was a smashing success! MSA Anesthesia Record 26(2):14, winter 1997. 3 illus.

*Cope DK. Morbidity from various anesthetics during the first 25 years after the introduction of ether. Anesthesiology 87:A925, 1997 [abstract]

*Cousin MT. Tuesday, December 15, 1846, at the hospital Saint Louis in Paris. The introduction of surgical anesthesia in France. Cah Anesthesiol 45:73-78, 1997. 1 illus., 33 refs. [French]

*Brodsky MI. Portrait of an American surgeon: Thomas Eakins's The Gross Clinic. Pharos summer 1997, pp. 4-8. 2 illus., 16 refs.

*Ellison N. The politics of medicine. NYSSA Sphere 49(3):35-44, July-September 1997 [includes

material on the Waters legacy, etc.]

*Eriukhin IA. Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov and the modern scientific Weltanschauung in medicine [editorial]. Vestn Khir Im I I Grek 156(3):9-14, 1997 [Russian]

*Fosburgh LC. Organization of the Michigan Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 1937-1938. AANA J 65:160-161, 1997. 2 portraits. 2 tables. 4 refs.

*Francis F. Foldes, M.D.--in memoriam. NYSSA Sphere 49(3):8-9, July-September 1997

*Franco A, Diz JC, Cortes J, Alvarez J. Towards a new chronology of ether anesthesia in Europe. Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 48:107-109, 1997. 1 table, 16 refs.

*Giridhar NR. Dr. Edward Lawrie's remakrs on the findings of Hyderabad Chloroform Commissions in his annual report of 1303 Fasli. Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad 26:93-102, 1996

*Glew PA. Singular experiences--the early history of anaesthesia in the Royal Navy 1847-1854. J Royal Naval Med Serv 83:42-44, 1997. 29 refs.

*Grayson EH. Social order and psychological disorder: laughing gas demonstrations, 1800-1850. In: Thomason RG, ed. Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body. New York: New York University Press, 1996, pp. 108-120. 3 illus., 60 notes.

*Gunn IP. Nurse anesthesia: a history of challenge. In: Nagelhout JJ, et al, eds. Nurse Anesthesia. Saunders, 1997, pp 3-22. 45refs.

*Haarmark B. Amalie, 14 years--the first Danish etherization. Dan Medicinhist Arbog 1996; 227-234 [Danish]

*Haridas RP. Ether Day and the first ether anesthesia in South Africa. S Afr J Surg 35:54-58, 1997. 4 illus., 19 refs.

*Hillam C. James Robinson (1813-1862): Professional Irritant and Britain's First Anaesthetist. Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry, 1996

*Introcaso L. The history of blood pressure determination. 100 years of the sphygmomanometer. Arq Bras Cardiol 67:305-311, 1996 [Portuguese]

*Jack DB. One hundred years of aspirin. Lancet 350:437-439, 1997

*Jandik WR, Vasdev PK, Vasdev GM, Southorn PA. The first use of sequential inhaled anesthesia mixtures in obstetrics. Anesthesiology 87:A923, 1997 [abstract]

*Juvin P, Desmonts JM. First anesthesia-related deaths in France. Anesthesiology 87:A922, 1997 [abstract]

*Lai DC. William E. Clarke and the first use of ether for general anesthesia. NYSSA Sphere 49(2):7-9, April-June 1997. 1 illus., 18 refs.

*Lake CL. History of pediatric cardiac anesthesia. In: Lake CL, ed. Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia. 3rd ed. Appleton and Lange, 1997, pp 1-6. 1 table. 66 refs.

*Lett Z. Chloroform and ether anaesthesia in wartime Burma, 1943-1945. Eur J Anaesthesiol 14:522, 1997 [abstract]

*Lewis MC, DeSouza G, TerRiet MF, Gold MI. A true hero of anesthesia: Joseph T. Davidson. Anesthesiology 87:A927, 1997 [abstract]

*Mander R. Simpson: a woman-centered appraisal of his achievements. Eur J Anaesthesiol 14:522-523, 1997 [abstract]

*Martensen RL. Hypnotism's medical heyday. JAMA 277:611, 1997

*Marx GF. Obstetric anesthesia: the last five decades. ASA Newsletter 61(9):23-25, September 1997. 1 illus., 11 refs.

*Matsuki A, McIntyre JWR. Transmission of the news of chloroform anaesthesia from Edinburgh to Boston. Eur J Anaesthesiol 14:529, 1997 [abstract]

*McCullough J. Transfusion: the first decade: Volume 9. Transfusion 37:971-973, 1997. 28 refs.

*McDonald JS. John J. Bonica makes obstetric anesthesia an academic concern. ASA Newsletter 61(9):26-27, September 1997. 1 illus.

*McGrath RL. A bloody mess: a commentary on The Gross Clinic. Pharos summer 1997 p.9

1 ref.

*McKechnie FB. WLM--a truly unique gem. ASA Newsletter 61(9):39, September 1997 [letter]

*Miller ED Jr. Richard J. Traystman: a personal story. Anesthesiology 87:739-740, 1997. 1 portrait.

*Ocklitz A. Reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian mouth-opening device. As early as 5000 years ago artificial respiration was basically possible. Anaesthesist 46:599-603, 1997. 5 illus., 14 refs. [German]

*O'Dowd MJ. One hundred and fifty years of anaesthesia in obstetrics--Irish connections. Ir J Med Sci 166(3):139-140, 1997. 7 refs.

*Payne JP. Chloroform abuse. Eur J Anaesthesiol 14:521, 1997 [abstract]

*Pelis K. Blood clots: the nineteenth-century debate over the substance and means of transfusion in Britain. Ann Sci 54:331-360, 1997. 5 illus., 162 refs.

*Rae SM, Wildsmith JAW. So just who was James "Young" Simpson? Br J Anaesth 79:271-273, 1997 9 refs. [editorial]

*Savitz SI. The pivotal role of Harvey Cushing in the birth of modern neurosurgery. JAMA 278:1119, 1997. 6 refs.

*Schmidt PJ. The founders. Transfusion 37:974-976, 1997. 1 table. 4 refs. [American Association of Blood Banks]

* Schneider WH. Blood transfusion in peace and war, 1900-1918. Social Hist Med 10:105-126, 1997. 5 illus., 62 refs.

*Shealy CN, Cady RK. Historical perspective of pain management. In: Weiner RS, ed. Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. Boca Raton, Florida: St. Lucie Press, 1997, 1:7-15. 4 illus., 1 table, references, annotated bibliography.

*Shephard DAE. Analgesia in labor becomes respectable: the role of John Snow. ASA Newsletter 61(9):10-13, September 1997. 2 illus., 10 refs.

*Sim PP. "To give birth without pain!" The first cases of mesmeric pain relief for obstetrics. ASA Newsletter 61(9):14-16, September 1997. 2 illus., 9 refs.

*Simpson, James Young. Anaesthesia, or the Employment of Chloroform and Ether in Surgery, Midwifery, etc. Tokyo: Iwanami Book Service Center, 1997