A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
Department of Anesthesiology Library
University of Alabama at Birmingham
This item will appear in a future issue of the Bulletin of Anesthesia History.
Note: In general, I have not examined articles that do not include a notation for the number of references, illustrations, etc. I do examine most books and book chapters. Books can be listed in this column more than once as new reviews appear. Older articles are included as I work through a large backlog of materials. Some listings are not directly related to anesthesia, pain or critical care but concern individuals important in the history of the specialty [i.e., Harvey Cushing]. Non-English articles are so indicated. Columns for the past several years are available in the "Anesthesia History Files" at http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm as "Recent Articles on Anesthesia History."
Books*Boulton TB. The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland 1932-1992 and the Development of the Specialty of Anaesthesia. Sixty Years of Progress in the Context of Scientific, Political and Social Change. London: The Association, 1999. [Rev. Spence AA. Br J Anaesth 85(1):181-182, July 2000; Bevan JC Can J Anaesth 47(6):603, 2000]
*Caton D. What a Blessing She Had Chloroform: The Medical and Social Response to the Pain of Childbirth from 1800 to the Present. Yale University Press, 1999. [Rev. Madden AP. Br J Anaesth 84:129, 2000; Gutsche BB. Anesth Analg 90:236, 2000]
*Feldman SA, Parsloe CP, Siker ES, Steinhaus JE, Winter PM. Careers in Anesthesiology: Autobiographical Memoirs. Volume III. Fink BR, McGoldrick KE, eds. Park Ridge, Illinois: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 1999. [Rev. Bailey RJ. Anaesth Intens Care 28(4):455-456, August 2000; Adams AK. Br J Anaesth 84:832, 2000; Adams N. Anaesthesia 55:621-622, 2000]
*Forrest, Derek. The Evolution of Hypnotism: A Survey of Theory and Practice and of Prevailing Medical Attitudes from Mesmer to the Present Day. Forfar: Black Ace, 1999
*McKenzie AG. A History of Anaesthesia through Postage Stamps. Edinburgh: Maclean Dubois, 2000. 156pp.
*Ortega R, Arkoff H. The Evolution of the Anesthesia Machine. Datex-Ohmeda, 2000 [CD-ROM; rev. Doyle DJ. Can J Anesth 47(8):825, 2000]
*Schulte am Esch J, Goerig M, eds. The Fourth International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia. Lubeck, Germany: Verlag DragerDruck, 1998 [rev. Butterworth J. Anesthesiology 93:912, 2000; Maltby JR. Can J Anaesth 47(6):603-604, 2000]
*Vertosick FT Jr. Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain. New York: Harcourt, 2000 [rev. Sims M. Bookpage June 2000, p.10; include some historical material]
*Weitzenhoffer AM. The Practice of Hypnotism. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2000. [includes some historical material]
Articles and Book Chapters
*Agarwal-Kozlowski K, Goerig M. Central venous catheterization with the help of a ureteral catheter--the impact of the Nobel laureate Werner Forssmann on anesthesiology. Anesthesiology 91(3A):1153, September 1999 [abstract]
*Albin MS, Cohen PJ. Historical role of N2O as a marker of brain function. Anesthesiology 91(3A):1120, September 1999 [abstract]
*Askitopoulou H, Ramoutsaki IA, Konsolaki E. Analgesia and anesthesia: etymology and literary history of related Greek words. Anesth Analg 91(2):486-491, August 2000
*Aziz E, Nathan B, McKeever J. Anesthetic and analgesic practices in Avicenna's Canon of Medicine. Am J Chin Med 28(1):147-151, 2000 [1 illus., 3 refs.]
*Bacon DR. Albert M. Betcher, M.D.: 1911-1999. ASA Newsletter 64(1):26-27, January 2000 [obituary; portrait]
*Ball C, Westhorpe R. The Rotameter. Anaesth Intens Care 27(6):553, December 1999 [cover note; 2 illus., 6 refs.]
*Ball C, Westhorpe R. Intravenous equipment: the beginning of things...Anaesth Intens Care 28(1):3, February 2000 [cover note; 1 illus., 5 refs.]
*Ball C, Westhorpe R. Intravenous equipment--infusions. Anaesth Intens Care 28(4):353, August 2000 [cover note; 1 illus., 7 refs.]
*Baraka A. Gleb von Anrep (1890-1955) Professor of Physiology at King Fouad I (Cairo) University (1932-1952)-a major pillar among twentieth century physiologists. Middle East J Anesthesiol 15(5):459-461, 2000 [8 refs.]
Baskett TF. Benjamin Pugh: the air-pipe and neonatal resuscitation. Resuscitation 44:153-155, 2000 [2 illus., 11 refs.]
*Belicza B. Ether and chloroform narcosis in the pages of Zagreb newspapers from 1847 to 1849. Lijec Vjesn 122(1-2):32-39, Jan-Feb 2000 [Croatian]
*Ben Rejeb A, Mamissi N. Anesthesia and resuscitation in Arabo-Islamic medicine: analytic study through Ibn Sina. Tunis Med 78(2):146-151, February 2000 [French]
*Brown GA. Blood transfusion and the discovery of blood types. Inspirations: The Anesthesia Residents' Quarterly 3(1):10-11, 2000 [1 table, 4 refs.]
*Calmes SH, Coombs RH, Coombs CJ. Entry of U.S. women physicians into anesthesiology and surgery, 1970-1996. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1144, September 1999 [abstract]
*Calmes SH, Matevosian R. The introduction of N2O into clinical practice: the case of California. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1151, September 1999 [abstract]
*Caton D. A century of spinals for childbirth. Int J Obstet Anesth 9:149-150, 2000 [editorial; see Kreis O; 10 refs.]
*Caton D. John Snow's practice of obstetric anesthesia. Anesthesiology 92:247-252, 2000 [35 refs.]
*Clero B, Cazalaa J-B, Baker D, Nguyen HN, Carli P. Intravenous injection and infusion between 1670-1870. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1121, September 1999 [abstract]
*Cohn SM. Blood substitutes in surgery. Surgery 127(6):599-602, June 2000 [1 table, 7 refs.]
*Cousin MT. Le protoxyde d'azote a Paris. Cah Anesthesiol 47(6):417-421, 1999 [French; 3 illus., 20 refs.]
*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Was chloroform produced before 1831? Anesthesiology 92(1):290-291, January 2000 [letter; 13 refs.]
*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. The Society of Dutch Chemists (1790-1808): Its contribution to anesthesia.
Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1157, September 1999 [4 refs., abstract]
*Desiron Q. Amazing epic of blood transfusion...Rev Med Liege 55(1):45-48, January 2000 [French]
*Dollinger G. Anesthesia with injection of cocaine into the spinal canal. 1900. [classical article] Orv Hetil 141(20):1091-1092, May 14, 2000 [Hungarian]
*Dupont E. Albert Hustin (1882-1967) and the first blood transfusion. Rev Med Brux 21(3):A187-189, June 2000 [French]
*Eisenach JC, Dewan DM. Evolution in analgesia in obstetrics over the last 30 years. Am J Anesthesiol 27(1):26-28, January-February 2000 [12 refs.]
*Epstein RM. In memory of Shih-hsun Ngai, M.D. (1920-1999). Anesthesiology 92:310-311, 2000 [portrait]
*Freeman BA. Oxygen: the air-borne nutrient that both sustains and threatens life. Nutrition 16(7/8):478-480, 2000 [12 refs.]
*Greene NM. Laureates of the history of anesthesia, 2000. Anesth Analg 91:760-761, 2000 [portraits]
*Hachenberg T, Pfeiffer B. The historical development of intensive care in Germany. Contemporary views. 15. Respiration, tracheotomy and prolonged intubation. Anaesthesist 49(5):434-445, May 2000
*Haddad FS. Key contributions of two physicians to the development of anesthesia in the Republic of Lebanon. Middle East J Anesthesiol 15(5):463-476, 2000 [profiles Dr. George Post and Anis Baraka; 2 illus., 1 table, 4 appendices, 17 refs.]
*Hales S. An account of some hydraulic and hydrostatical experiments made on the blood and blood-vessels of animals. J Clin Monit 16:45-47, 2000 [rep. 1733 publication; 1 table]
*Hollstedt C. Sigmund Freud, Sherlock Holmes and cocaine. Lakartidningen 97(23):2894, June 7, 2000 [Swedish; letter]
*Janssens U, Hanrath P. History of the development of intensive care medicine, part 10: medical method development and monitoring. Anaesthesist 48(10):733-743, October 1999 [German]
*Jones JM. Great pains: famous people with headaches. Cephalalgia 19:627-630, 1999 [8 refs.]
*Juvin P, Desmonts J-M. The ancestors of inhalational anesthesia: the soporific sponges (XIth-XVII centuries). Anesthesiology 93(1):265-269, July 2000 [25 refs.]
*Juvin P, Plantefeve G, Desmonts J-M. Nondrug methods of perioperative analagesia mentioned in the Hippocratic collection. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1156, September 1999 [5 refs., abstract]
*Kannan S, Mushlin PS, Camann WR, Datta S. Railroads, steamboats, and storks: Walter Channing and etherization in childbirth. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1154, September 1999 [3 refs., abstract]
*Kiss L. Harvey Cushing and the Hungarians. Orv Hetil 141(4):187-190, January 23, 2000 [Hungarian]
*Kreis O. On spinal narcosis during labour. Int J Obstet Anesth 9:174-178, 2000 [rep. 1900 publication; biographical note; 2 refs.]
*Lilienfeld DE. John Snow: the first hired gun? Am J Epidemiol 152(1):4-9, July 1, 2000 (see Vandenbroucke JP for commentary on this article)
*Lillehei CW. Historical development of cardiopulmonary bypass in Minnesota. In Gravlee GP, et al, eds. Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000, pp 3-21 [10 illus., 9 tables, 106 refs.]
*Maltby JR, Hutter CDD, Clayton KC. The Woolley and Roe case. Br J Anaesth 84(1):121-126, 2000 [41 refs.]
*McGoldrick KE. Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture: Pater Safar, M.D., to discuss 'Resuscitation Medicine from 1000 to 2000 C.E.' ASA Newsletter 64(7):9, 23, July 2000 [1 portrait]
*McKenzie AG. Prelude to pancuronium and vecuronium. Anaesthesia 55:551-556, 2000 [2 illus., 1 portrait, 38 refs.]
*Mitchell RE Jr. Re: a look back--discovery of anesthesia. Am J Gastroenterol 95(7):1844, July 2000 [letter]
*Mollard J. Forty years of blood gases and critical care analytes measurements. Ann Biol Clin (Paris) 58(2):131-140, March-April 2000 [French]
*Mullins RJ. A historical perspective of trauma system development in the United States. J Trauma Inj Infect Crit Care 47(3, suppl. S):S8-S14, 1999
*Nunn JF. Development of academic anaesthesia in the UK up to the end of 1998. Br J Anaesth 83(6):916-932, 1999 [2 tables, 2 illus., 29 refs.]
*Olympio MA. The evolution of anesthesiology residency training over the last 30 years. Am J Anesthesiol 27(1):35-38, January-February 2000 [2 refs.]
*Owen H. Alexander Wood's observations on the action of opiates. Anaesth Intens Care 28(4):451, August 2000 [letter; 1 ref.]
*Pandit SK. Ambulatory anesthesia and surgery in America: a historical background and recent innovations. J Perianesth Nurs 14(5):270-274, October 1999
*Parris WCV. The history of pain medicine. In: Raj PP, ed. Practical Management of Pain. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2000, pp 3-9 [34 refs.]
*Plotz J. Aloys Martin (1818-1891) "Trailblaser of anesthesia." An addendum to his life and influence. Anaesthesist 49(3):214-224, March 2000 [German]
*Podoll K. Migraine experiences as artistic inspiration in a contemporary artist. J Roy Soc Med 93:263-265, May 2000 [3 illus., 6 refs.]
*Powers C, Isik D, Southorn P, Vasdev G, Horlocker T. The history of the control syringe. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1159, September 1999 [3 refs., abstract]
*Prien T, Reinhardt C. History of the development of intensive care medicine in Germany. General considerations. 14. Vegetative blockade and analgesic sedation. Anaesthesist 49(2):130-139, February 2000 [German]
*Reves JG, Greene NM. Anesthesiology and the Academic Medical Center: Place and Promise at the Start of the New Millennium. International Anesthesiology Clinics, Volume 38, Number 2, Spring 2000 [Chapter 1, "Prologue" pp 1-6 and Chapter 2, "Attaining Critical Mass (1975-1990) pp 7-44 contain much historical material]
*Rinsema TJ. One hundred years of aspirin. Med Hist 43(4):502-507, October 1999 [39 refs.]
*Rosenberg H. Trier Morch: anesthesiologist, inventor, human rights fighter. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1152, September 1999 [abstract]
*Rosenberg H, Axelrod JK. Ernst Trier Morch: inventor, medical pioneer, heroic freedom fighter. Anesth Analg 90:218-221, 2000 [portrait, 10 refs.]
*Schmidt PJ. John Elliott and the evolution of American blood banking, 1934 to 1954. Transfusion 40:608-612, May 2000 [1 illus., 1 portrait, 25 refs.]
*Shah SA. Healing with oxygen: a history of hyperbaric medicine. Pharos 63(2):13-19, spring 2000
*Shephard DAE. History of Canadian anesthesia: Dr. Stuart L. Vandewater (b. 1924). Can J Anesth 47(8):823-824, 2000
*Shumacker HB. Birth of an idea and the development of cardiopulmonary bypass. In Gravlee GP, et al, eds. Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000, pp 22-34 [7 illus., 45 refs.]
*Silverthorne E, Fulgham G. Women Pioneers in Texas Medicine. College Station: Texas A&M Press, 1997, pp 107-116. Portrait, refs. [These pages cover Claudia Potter, MD, the first female anesthesiologist in Texas]
*Sim P, Du B, Bacon DR. Pioneer Chinese anesthesiologists: American influences. Anesthesiology 93(1):256-264, July 2000 [5 illus., 15 refs.]
*Simon RA. Historical review of FDA issues surrounding sulfite allergies. Am J Anesthesiol 27(6S):3-6, July-August 2000 [2 illus., 2 tables, 24 refs.]
*Sternbach GL, Varon J, Fromm RE Jr. Charles Augustus Leale and the resuscitation of Abraham Lincoln. Resuscitation 45(1):3-5, June 2000
*Stoelting RK, Miller RD. History and scope of anesthesia. In: Basics of Anesthesia. 4th ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2000, pp 2-15 [1 table, 4 illus., 28 refs.]
*Swisher JL. Spinal anesthesia: past and present. Probl Anesth 12(2):141-147, 2000 [1 illus., 28 refs.]
*Takrouri MSM. Essay on modern history of anesthesia in Egypt as reflected in Naguib (Bey) Mahfouz books. Middle East J Anesthesiol 15(5):477-490, 2000 [9 illus., 17 refs.]
*Tammisto T, Tammisto C. Injection of morphine loco dolenti recommended as early as 1876. Acta Anaesth Scand 44(5):520-523, May 2000 [9 refs.]
*Trunkey DD. History and development of trauma care in the United States. Clin Orthop 374(3):36-46, 2000 [4 tables, 48 refs.]
*Turnbull KW. Dr. Leonard C. Jenkins 1926-2000. Can J Anesth 47(8):828, 2000 [obituary; 1 illus.]
*Van Aken H. Obituary: Professor Dr. Jan Van de Walle. European Academy of Anaesthesiology Newsletter #12:12, May 2000 [portrait]
*Van Zundert A, Goerig M. August Bier 1861-1949: a tribute to a great surgeon who contributed much to the development of modern anesthesia on the 50th anniversary of his death. Reg Anesth Pain Med 25(1):26-33, January-February 2000 [8 illus., 18 refs.]
*Vandenbroucke JP. Invited commentary: the testimony of Dr. Snow. Am J Epidemiol 152(1):10-12, July 1, 2000 (commentary on Lilienfeld DE, q.v.)
*Vertes L. 75th anniversary of Dr. Friedrich Trendelenburg's death. (Data, photographs, documents). Orv Hetil 141(14):735-737, April 2, 2000 [Hungarian]
*Wachter A. Anesthesiology celebrates sesquicentennial of Morton's ether demonstration in Boston. Anesthesiology News 22(10):49-50, October 1996
*Wilson B, Vasdev G, Lund B, Southorn P, Jankowski C. Early intratracheal anesthesia: anesthesia technique. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1155, September 1999 [2 refs., abstract]
*Wright AJ. G.Q. Colton's 1848 visit to Mobile, Alabama. Anesthesiology 91(3A):A1158, September 1999 [2 refs., abstract]
*Zimmer M. Dental surgeons in the early days of anaesthesia. Dent Hist 36:5-22, November 1999 [69 footnotes]
*Zorab JSM. Obituary: Richard Stuart Atkinson. European Academy of Anaesthesiology Newsletter. #12:14, May 2000 [portrait]
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