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!

BOOKS

Caton DC, McGoldrick KE, eds. Careers in Anesthesiology: Autobiographical Memoirs, Volume VII. Park Ridge, Illinois: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 2002. 315pp. [rev. Reilly PF. Anaesth Intens Care 31(5):603, October 2003]

Kitz R, ed. "This is No Humbug!" Reminiscences of the Department of Anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Ashland, Ohio: Atlas Books, 2003. 459pp. [rev. Bailey RJ. Anaesth Intens Care 31(5):601-602, October 2003; Conley L. Anesth Analg 97:1208, 2003; Frost EAM. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 15(4):347-349, 2003; Spence AA. Br J Anaesth 91:611, 2003]

Meier B. Pain Killer: A "Wonder" Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death. Rodale, 323pp. [story of OxyContin; rev. Musto DF. New York Times December 17, 2003]

Stratmann L. Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion. Sutton Publishing, 2003. 258pp. [rev. Daniels A. Daily Telegraph (London) September 28, 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. [ rev. Drury PME. Br J Anaesth 91:768-769, 2003; Sheard S. Lancet 362:839, September 6, 2003; rev. and color portrait: Snow SJ. N Engl J Med 350(1):90-91, January 1, 2004]

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Aldrete JA, Ginesta V. Antecedentes historicos de la anestesia. In: Aldrete JA, ed. Texto de Anestesiologia Teorico-Practica. 2nd ed. Mexico City: Editorial El Manual Moderno, 2003, pp. 3-28 [26 illus., extensive references]

Ball C, Westhorpe R. Local anaesthesia--early spinal anaesthesia. Anaesth Intens

Care 31(5):493, October 2003 [Cover note series; 3 illus.; 2 refs.]

Bause GS. ASA's world-class professionals. ASA Newsletter 67(9): 11-14, September 2003 [portraits, career highlights for Paul Wood, Henry Beecher, Virginia Apgar, Robert Hingson, B. Raymond Fink, John Bonica and Peter Safar]

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 [Arabic]

Berthelsen PG, Cronqvist M. The first intensive care unit in the world: Copenhagen 1953. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47:1190-1195, 2003 [4 illus., 9 refs., appendix]

Boudreau GW. Anesthesia delivered many civil war soldiers from misery. Anesthesiology News 29(10): 14-15, 18, October 2003

Caton D. The development of anesthesiology as a specialty and a profession. ASA Newsletter 67(9): 7-8, September 2003 [illus.]

Collins CH. John Snow: 'On the mode of communication of cholera.' Medical Sciences History 19: 12-19, 2003 [Illus., portrait, bibliographical refs.]

Conlay LA. Professionalism and the acquisition of anesthesia's antiquities. ASA Newsletter 67(9): 5-6, 18, September 2003 [3 illus.]

Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Who invented the "jaw thrust"? Anesthesiology 99(6):1463-1464, December 2003 [correspondence; 14 refs.]

Dr. Paul Janssen. Daily Telegraph [London, England] November 10, 2003, p. 21 [obituary; portrait]

Evers AS. Mervyn Maze, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P.: Recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Research Award. Anesthesiology 99(4):777-778, October 2003 [illus., 8 refs.]

Ghoneim MM. Ralph Milton Waters, M.D. Anesthesiology 99(6):1463, December 2003 [correspondence; 3 refs.]

Gorji A. Pharmacological treatment of headache using traditional Persian medicine. Trends Pharmacol Sci 24(7): 331-334, July 2003 [2 tables, 20 refs.]

Gorji A, Ghadiri MK. History of headache in medieval Persian medicine. Lancet Neurol 1(8):510-515, December 2002 [3 illus., 1 table, 27 refs.]

Gracie J. James Young Simpson, anesthesia pioneer. Highlander: The Magazine of Scottish Heritage 41(6): 72-76, November-December 2003 [3 illus.]

Gravlee GP. SCA celebrates 25 years. ASA Newsletter 67(11): 30, 32, November 2003 [Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists]

Greenblatt SH. Harvey Cushing's paradigmatic contribution to neurosurgery and the evolution of his thoughts about specialization. Bull Hist Med 77:789-822, 2003 [110 footnotes]

Holzman RS. Uncertainty by choice: anesthesia and the children of the night. J Clin Anesth 14:46-51, 2002 [4 illus., 30 refs.]

Hyson JM Jr. Man and pain: eternal partners. J Hist Dent 49(3):115-121, November 2001 [38 refs.]

Kochanek PM, Grenvik A. A tribute to Peter J. Safar, MD. Crit Care Med 31(11):2571-2573, November 2003 [portrait, 16 refs.]

Leavitt JW. What do men have to do with it? Fathers and mid-twentieth-century childbirth. Bull Hist Med 77:235-262, 2003 [issues addresses include anesthesia; 129 footnotes]

LeGraw JM, Grodin MA. Health professionals and lethal injection in the United States. Human Rights Qt 24:382-423, 2002 [includes discussion of anesthetic drug use in lethal injections; 250 footnotes]

Lerner BH. Scholars argue over legacy of surgeon who was lionized, the vilified. New York Times October 28, 2003 [J. Marion Sims; illus.]

Meldrum ML. A capsule history of pain management. JAMA 290(18):2470-2475, November 12, 2003 [64 refs.]

Moore CE. Memories of the early years of regional anesthesia for childbirth. Reg Anesth Pain Med 28(5):466-469, September-October 2003 [2 illus., 20 refs.]

Parbhoo NP. Death of Ren Favarolo (1923-2000). Adler Museum Bull 29:26, August 2003 [correspondence]

Paul Janssen; Belgian doctor who founded a drug company,now part of Johnson & Johnson. BMJ 327:1290, November 29, 2003 [obituary; portrait]

Peter Safar. Times, London August 6, 2003, p. 25 [obituary; portrait]

Raeder J. History of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Int Anesthesiol Clin 41(4): 1-12, fall 2003 [62 refs.]

Ramirez J. Peter Safar, 'The Father of C.P.R.,' dies at 79. New York Times August 6, 2003

Rehder K. Biotransformation of halothane in humans. Anesthesiology 99(5):1220-1221, November 2003 [Classic Paper Revisited series; original paper published in 1967; 12 refs.]

Roberts WO. Was Che an anaesthetist? Anaesthesia 58:1045, 2003 [correspondence]

Saxon W. Dr. Paul Janssen, 77, founder of a drug company, dies. New York Times November 13, 2003 [obituary]

Schlesinger A. CPR pioneer Dr. Peter Safar dies at 79. Associated Press, August 4, 2003 http://www.apnews.excite.com/article/20030804/D7SNE8EO0.html

Scott M. Jack Lansdale (1912-2003), remembered with awe and affection. ASA Newsletter 67(10): 3-4, October 2003 [ASA legal counsel from late 1940s to late 1970s; portrait]

Secher NH. John W. Severinghaus. Ugeskr Laeger 165(44):4235, October 27, 2003 [Danish]

Sironi G. Fatti, problemi e polemiche sull'introdursi dell'etere e del cloroformio in Lombardia: dalla stampa medica milanese degli anni 1847-1849. Rivista di Storia della Medicina 12(1-2):193-211, 2002

Stackhouse RA. SARS: Its History, Its Challenges. ASA Newsletter 67(9):19-22, 25, September 2003 [2 tables]

Zeilinga de Boer J, Hale JR. The oracle of Delphi: was she really stoned? Archaeology Odyssey 5(6): 46-53, 58-59, 2002 [illus.; did the oracle breath ethylene?]