FROM THE LITERATURE
A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
Department of
Anesthesiology Library
ajwright@uab.edu
http://www.anes.uab.edu/libraryinformation.htm
Note: I
have examined most of the items listed in this column. 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; I interpret those
categories very broadly. Some will concern individuals important in the history
of the specialty [i.e., Harvey Cushing or William Halsted]
who also achieved in other areas or widely-used equipment such as the
stethoscope. 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
Baker
B.
Caton D, McGoldrick KE, eds. Careers
in Anesthesiology: Autobiographical Memoirs. Vol. 8.
Hayes B.
Five Quarts: A Personal and Natural History of Blood.
Jackson
J. A World on Fire: A Heretic, an Aristocrat and the Race to Discover
Oxygen.
Lai D. Pentathol
Postcards.
Maltby JR. Notable
Names in Anaesthesia.
McTavish JR. Pain and Profits: The History of Headache and Its
Remedies in
Schulte
am Esch J, Goerig M. Anasthesiologie im Wandel Universitatsklinikum
Smith
CUM, Arnott R, eds. The Genius of Erasmus Darwin. Ashgate, 2005.
432pp.
Stratmann L. Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion. Sutton Publishing, 2003. 256pp. [rev. Bacon DR. Bull Hist Med 79: 343-345, 2005]
Sykes AH. Servants of Medicine: Augustus Waller, Father and
Son--Physiologists.
ARTICLES AND BOOK
CHAPTERS
Acosta P, Varon J, Sternbach
GL, Baskett P. Resuscitation great. Kouwenhoven,
Jude and Knickerbocker: The introduction of
defibrillation and external chest compressions into modern resuscitation. Resuscitation. 2005 Feb;64(2):139-43
Albin
MSS, White RJ, Verdura J. Historical firsts: the
total isolation, transplantation and hypothermic preservation of the mammalian
brain, 1962-1968. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol
17(4): 234, October 2005 [abstract; 3 refs.]
Alzaga AG, Varon J, Baskett
P. The resuscitation greats. Charles Kite: The
clinical epidemiology of sudden cardiac death and the origin of the early
defibrillator. Resuscitation. 2005 Jan;64(1):7-12
Ball C, Westhorpe R. Muscle relaxants--Intocostrin.
Anaesth Intens Care 33:
289, June 2005 [Cover Note series; illus.; 4 refs.]
Ball C, Westhorpe R. Muscle relaxants--d-tubocurarine.
Anaesth Intens Care 33:
431, August 2005 [Cover Note series; illus.; 5 refs.]
Baskett PJ. The Resuscitation greats. J D Herholdt and C G Rafn: two unsung
heroes from
Baskett P. Images in resuscitation: Frank Pantridge
and the world's first miniature portable defibrillator. Resuscitation.
2005 Apr;65(1):5
Baskett P. The Resuscitation Greats. KCVO DSc (Hon). Resuscitation.
2003 Nov;59(2):159-62
Baskett PJ, Baskett TF. Resuscitation great. Brian Sellick, cricoid pressure and the
Sellick Manoeuvre. Resuscitation. 2004 Apr;61(1):5-7
Baskett P, Safar P. The Resuscitation Greats.
Nancy Caroline--from mobile intensive care to hospice.
Resuscitation. 2003 May;57(2):119-22
Baskett P, Zorab J. The
resuscitation greats. Henning Ruben MD, FFARCS(I),
FFARCS. The Ruben valve and the AMBU bag. Resuscitation. 2003 Feb;56(2):123-7
Battigelli A. "The furnace of affliction": Anne Conway,
Henry More and the problem of pain. In: Leitz RC III,
Cope KL, eds. Imagining the Sciences: Expressions of New Knowledge in the
"Long" Eighteenth Century. New York: AMS Press, 2004, pp 195-222
[51 footnotes]
Bleich JD. Palliation of pain. Tradition
36: 89-114, 2002
Connor JTH. Chloroform and the Civil War. Mil
Med 169(2): vii-ix, February 2004 [1 illus., 10 refs.]
Cope
DK. The complete pain physician [John J. Bonica].
ASA Newsletter 69(8): 16-17, Augusts 2005 [Illus., 4 refs.]
Das S, Nation EF. Hugh Hampton Young, the anesthesiologist. Urology 64: 628-630, 2004 [2 illus., 10 refs.]
Dillon FX.
Edwardian anaesthetists had a finger on the pulse.
Nature 430: 291, 2004
Doms MS. August Bier's article "What attitude should we
have towards homeopathy?" and the following discussion on homeopathy in
the German medical profession. Med Ges Gesch 23: 243-282, 2004 [German]
Elliott J.
The medical world of medieval monks. Anaesthetics and disinfectants are thought to be a modern
medical invention but evidence is coming to light that medieval doctors knew of
them too. BBC News August 6, 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3745498.stm [from research at ancient
Haddad FS. A middle age Arab/Islamic anesthetic herb. Middle East J Anesthesiol 18: 249-264,
2005 [8 illus., 51 refs.]
Hobson JA.
Feeling no pain: the narcotics. In: Hobson JA. The
Dream Drugstore: Chemically Aldtered States of Conciousness.
Izuo M. Medical history: Seishu
Hanaoka and his success in breast cancer surgery under general anesthesia two
hundred years ago. Breast Cancer 11: 319-324, 2004 [6 illus.,
table, 14 refs.]
Kitz RJ.
Leroy Vandam: an editorial tribute. J Clin Anesth 17: 327, 2005
Lindahl SGE. Some aspects of Nordic anesthesiology: past, present
and future. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 49: 894-897, 2005 [6
refs.]
Litwiller RW. 2004 distinguished Service Award: William D. Owens,
M.D. ASA Newsletter 69(8): 19, August 2005 [Illus.]
Litwiller RW. Zhiyi Zuo,
M.d., Ph.D.--2005 ASA Presidential Scholar. ASA
Newsletter 69(8): 18, August 2005 [Illus.]
Lubisich JW. Ralph L. Huber, DMD: forgotten inventor of the "Tuohy" needle. J Hist
Dent 52: 75-79, 2004 [7 illus., table, 9 refs.]
Lytle JJ.
Fifty years of general anesthesia in
Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: from description to
measurement. Anesthesiology 103: 199-202, 2005 [Classic Papers Revisited
series; 1 illus., 24 refs.]Berthelsen PG, Haxholdt OS, Mogensen
JV. Henning Moritz Reuben in memoriam (1914-2004).
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 49:
1056, 2005
Montiel L. A symbolic defence of animal
magnetism: a copperplate engraving by Ludwig Richter as a frontispiece of the
account of the somnambulist Auguste K. (1843). Hist Psychiatry 16: 203-216, 2005 [illus., 23 notes,
references list]
Moseso VN Jr, Paris
PM. A
tribute to Peter Safar, MD: physician, researcher, mentor, visionary, humanist.
Prehosp emerg Care 8: 76-79, 2004 [1 illus., 1 ref.]
Nunn J.
Obituary: Michael John Halsey. Anaesthesia 60: 727-728, 2005 [1 illus.]
Ortega
RA. Leroy D. Vandam, MD: an anesthesia journey. J Clin Anesth
17: 399-402, 2005 [20 refs.]
Sykes K, Benad G. The influence of Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh on the development
of anaesthesia. Anaesthesiol reanim
29: 91-96, 2004 [5 illus., 29 refs.]
Tjomsland N, Laerdal T, Baskett
P. Resuscitation great: Bjorn Lind--the ground-breaking nurturer. Resuscitation. 2005 May;65(2):133-8
Todd MM.
2005 Award for Excellence in Research: David S. Warner, M.D. ASA Newsletter
69(8): 20, August 2005 [Illus.]
Vallejo-Manzur F, Perkins Y, Varon J, Baskett P. The Resuscitation Greats: Andreas Vesalius, the concept of an artificial airway. Resuscitation. 2003 Jan;56(1):3-7
Wadhwa RK. Thanks for the memories, Dr. Bonica.
ASA Newsletter 69(8): 17, Augusts 2005
Winter
A. The making of "truth serum". Bull Hist Med 79: 500-533, 2005 [1 illus., 105 footnotes]
Zeitlin GL. Professor Joseph Warren Horton (1889-1967): biological
engineer. J Med Biog 13: 39-45, 2005 [8 illus., 20 refs.]