FROM THE LITERATURE

A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
Department of Anesthesiology Library
University of Alabama at Birmingham

ajwright@uab.edu 

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

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 or William Halsted]. I also include career profiles of living individuals. Non-English materials are so indicated. Columns for the past several years are available as "Recent Articles on Anesthesia History" in the "Anesthesia History Files" at http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/aneshist.htm  I urge readers to send me any citations, especially those not in English, that I may otherwise miss!

Caton DC, McGoldrick KE, eds. Careers in Anesthesiology: Autobiographical Memoirs, Volume VII. Park Ridge, Illinois: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 2002. 315pp. [Rev. McDermott PL. Anesth Analg 96:1542, 2003]

Lai DC. Barrell of Lunatics: Places Associated with the First Public Demonstration of Ether Anesthesia. Park Ridge, Illinois: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 2003. 30pp. [numerous illus., bibliography]

Lai DC, ed. Holding Court with the Ghost of Gilman Terrace: Selected Writings of Ralph Milton Waters, M.D. Park Ridge, Illinois: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 2002. 212pp. [Rev. Todd MM. Anesthesiology 98(6):1525-1526, June 2003; Alexander SC. Anesth Analg 96: 1847, 2003; Adams N. Anaesthesia 58:513-514, 2003]

Maltby JR, ed. Notable Names in Anaesthesia. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2002. 254pp. [Rev. Torpy JM. JAMA 290(2):269, July 9, 2003]

Vinten-Johansen P, Brody H, Paneth N, Rachman S, Rip M. Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 437pp. [bibliography, index]

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Ali HH. Criteria of adequate clinical recovery from neuromuscular block. Anesthesiology 98(5):1278-1280, May 2003 ["Classic Papers Revised" series; the paper was originally published in Anesthesiology in 1981]

Bacon DR. A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma : Berkeley Sherwood-Dunn and 'Regional anesthesia'. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30:26-28, July 2002

Bacon DR. Sim PP. In living color: the 'new' ASA Seal. ASA Newsletter 67(5):24, May 2003 [1 illus., 5 refs.]

Baker M. Nov. 22, 1963: Texas physicians are thrust into history. Texas Med 99(1): 45-52, January 2003 [3 illus.; includes Drs. Marion T. "Pepper" Jenkins, A.H. Giesecke, Jr. Jackie H. Hunt and Gene Akin, from the Parkland Memorial Hospital anesthesiology staff]

Ball C, Westhorpe R. Local anaesthesia--Freud, Koller and cocaine. Anaesth Intens Care 31(3):249, June 2003 ["Cover Note" series; 1 illus., 3 refs.]

Ball C, Westhorpe R. Local anaesthesia--the early history of cocaine. Anaesth Intens Care 31(2):137, April 2003 ["Cover Note" series; 1 illus., 4 refs.]

Baro J, Busquets C. L'anestesiologia, especialitat basica en l'evolucio de la medicina al llarg del segle XX. Annals de Medicina 83(3):128-130, 2000

Barr AM. A way of 'performing operations on irritable patients' : Dr. Wardrop's 1818 contribution. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30: 44-48, July 2002

Bieterman K. Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology: a library you should know. ASA Newsletter 67(3):24-25, March 2003

Bodell B. Dr. Papper's long legacy. ASA Newsletter 67(4):37, April 2003 [correspondence]

Boulton TB. The relationship of Ralph Waters, MD, FFARCS (hon) to British anaesthesia. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30:63-70, July 2002

Brandt L, Goerig M. A short history of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI). Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 38(4): 215-225, April 2003 [German]

Burns JP, Edwards J, Johnson J, Cassem NH, Truog RD. Do-not-resuscitate order after 25 years. Crit Care Med 31(5):1543-1550, 2003 [1 table, 91 refs.]

Calatayud J, Gonzalez A. History of the development and evolution of local anesthesia since the coca leaf. Anesthesiology 98(6):1503-1508, June 2003 [2 tables, 85 refs.]

Cervetti N. S. Weir Mitchell: the early years. American Pain Society Bulletin V13N2, March-April 2003. [13 refs.; http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/may03/reso1.htm]

Cherry C. At the cutting edge : surgery in Norwich in the 18th and 19th centuries. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30: 95-102 July, 2002

Christen AG, Christen JA. The 1850 Webster/Parkman trial: Dr. Keep's forencis evidence. J Hist Dent 51(1):5-12, March 2003 [4 illus., 21 refs.]

Cote AV, Vachon CA, Horlocker TT, Bacon DR. From Victor Pauchet to Gaston Labat: the transformation of regional anesthesia from a surgeon's practice to the physician anesthesiologist. Anesth Analg 96:1193-1200, 2003 [7 illus., 9 refs.]

Davenport-Hines R. The Pursuit of Oblivion. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002. 576pp. [Rev. Loeser JD. American Pain Society Bulletin V13N3, May-June 2003. http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/may03/reso1.htm Davenport-Hines' book covers mood-altering substances throughout human history.]

Dronsfield AT, Hill M, Pring J. Halothane--the first designer anaesthetic. Education in Chemistry 39(5):131-133, September 2002 [4 illus., 3 tables, 8 refs.]

Drury PME. Vernon Harcourt and his inhaler. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30:29-33, July 2002

Epstein BS. The American Society of Anesthesiologist's efforts in developing guidelines for sedation and analgesia for nonanesthesiologists.

Anesthesiology 98(5):1261-1268, May 2003 [40th Rovenstine Lecture; 33 refs.]

Goerig M. Geschichte der Sicherung der Atemwege. In: Krier C, Georgi R, eds. Airway-Management: Die Sicherung der Atemwege. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme, 2001, pp 2-12 [15 illus.]

Gravenstein JS, Steinhaus JE. The origin of the anesthesiologist assistant. ASA Newsletter 67(3): 5-6, March 2003 [1 illus., 2 refs.]

Hervas i Pujal C, Cahisa M. Centenario de la raquianestesia en Espana: los primeros pasos (1899-1904). Rev Espan Anestesiol Reanim 47: 216-221, 2000 [Spanish]

Heynick F. William T.G. Morton and "The Great Moment." J Hist Dent 51(1): 27-35, March 2003 [5 illus., 8 refs.]

Howat DDC. Pirogov and the arrival of ether anaesthesia in Russia. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30:21-25, July, 2002

Huguet Hermes T. In memory of Roy Porter. Dynamis 22: 523-528, 2002 [Spanish]

Husebo S, Fusenig A. "...den Schmerz aufsuchen und daran wachsen": Schmerz und Kunstler. Waage 42:4-13, April 2003 [German]

Hustead RF, Froelich MA, Caton D. Epidural needles. Anesthesiology 98, suppl 1: 54, 2003 [SOAP abstract; 1 illus., 2 refs.]

Karlsson Y. A famous surgeon's knife cured the headache of a well-known painter following an accident on ice. Lakartidningen 99(35): 3430-3431, August 29, 2002 [Swedish]

Larson E. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. New York: Crown, 2003. 447pp. [notes, bibliography, index. The "Fair" or "White City" was the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The "Devil" was Henry H. Holmes, a physician and serial killer who used chloroform on many of his numerous victims.]

Lavietes S. Dr. Arthur Guyton, author and researcher, dies at 83. New York Times 14 April 2003 [see also the Arthur C. Guyton Archives at the University of Mississippi Medical Center http://www.umc.edu/guyton/ ]

MacKenzie RA, Bacon DR, Warner ME. William J. Mayo, John Lundy and 'Clinical anesthesia' : a textbook whose time had come? History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30: 89-92, July 2002

Martin DP, Bacon DR. Was Mario Dogliotti's interest in regional anesthesia sparked by John Lundy? History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30:60-62, July 2002

McDermott PL, Swissman N, Sinclair EP. Jay Jacoby, M.D., Ph.D., 1917-03: student, teacher and humanitarian to the end. ASA Newsletter 67(4): 37-38, April 2003 [correspondence; 1 ref.]

McKenzie AG. Early books and pamphlets on anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 58: 499-500, 2003 [Correspondence; 6 refs., appendix]

Mueller CB. Evarts A. Graham: The Life, Lives, and Times of the Surgical Spirit of St. Louis. Ontario, Canada: B.C. Decker, 2002. 494pp. [Rev. Butterworth J. Anesth Analg 97: 307-308, 2003: "Graham had a long scientific interest in anesthesia and in having anesthesiology recognized as the practice of medicine."]

Mulnier C, Zuck D. Junker. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30: 79-81, July 2002

O'Dowd MJ. The History of Medications for Women. New York: Parthenon, 2001. 455pp. [Rev. Riddle JM. Bull Hist Med 77:422-424, 2003; book includes coverage of anesthetics and blood transfusion]

Perry C, McConkey KM. The Franklin Commission report, in light of past and present understanding of hypnosis. In J Clin Exp Hypn 50(4):387-396, October 2002 [references] [The Commission, headed by Benjamin Franklin, reported on Franz Mesmer's "animal magnetism".]

Roth R, Silvay G. Successful use of extracorporeal circulation celebrates its 50th anniversary. ASA Newsletter 67(5):21, 26, May 2003 [6 refs.]

Schmidt PJ, Leacock AG. Forgotten transfusion history: John Leacock of Barbados. BMJ 325:1485-1487, December 21-28, 2002 [1 illus., 7 refs.]

Schneider WH. Blood transfusion between the wars. J Hist Med Allied Sci 58(2):187-224, April 2003 [89 footnotes]

Sengoopta C. Eloge: Roy Porter, 1946-2002. Isis 94(1):109-111, March 2003

Sidery M, Adams N. Krohne and Sesemann : an early cepod. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 30: 82-88, July 2002

Sugai N. Ralph Milton Waters and 75 years of professionalism in anesthesiology. Masui 52(2):195-201, February 2003 [Japanese]

Vachon CA, Warner DO, Bacon DR. Succinylcholine and the open globe: tracing the teaching. Anesthesiology 99(1):220-223, July 2003 [1 illus., 22 refs.]

Wahrborg P. Pain--life's dreaded companion. Cultural history of algology and the most important achievements. Lakartidningen 98(14): 1642-1646, April 4, 2001 [Swedish]

Waisel DB. Norman's war: Norman B. Kornfield, M.D., World War II Physician-Anesthetist. Anesthesiology 98(4): 995-1003, April 2003 [6 illus., 1 table, 15 refs.]

Walmsley DA, Zuck D. Startin's pneumatic inhaler. Anaesthesia 58:668-674, 2003 [7 illus., 25 refs.]

Weller JF. Spotlight on...an officer (scholar, senator) and a gentleman. ASA Newsletter 67(4):22, 35, April 2003 [1 illus.; profile of Andrew P. Harris, M.D.]

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

Yaksh TL. Preclinical work leading to the development of spinal analgesia. Anesthesiology 99(1): 224-225, July 2003 ["Classic Papers Revisted" series; the paper was originally published in Science in 1976]