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: I have examined most of the items listed in this column.  Books can be listed here 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"   on the Anesthesia History Association WWW page at http://www.anes.uab.edu/anesthesia_history_association.htm  I urge readers to send me any citations, especially those not in English, that I may otherwise miss!

 

 

BOOKS

 

Bacon DR, McGoldrick KE, Lema MJ, eds. The American Society of Anesthesiologists: A Century of Challenges and Progress. Wood Library-Museum, 2005. 226pp. Illus. [rev. McKenzie A. History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 36: 111-112, 2006]

 

Beretta M, ed. Lavoisier in Perspective. Munich: Deutsches Museum, 2005. 213pp. [rev. Priesner C. Chemical Heritage 25(2): 47, summer 2007]

 

Bliss M. Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery. Oxford University Press, 2005. 591pp. [rev. Lederer S. Am Hist Rev 112(2): 514-515, April 2007]

 

Dormandy T. The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain. Yale University Press, 2006. 560pp. [rev. Shipton E. Anaesth Intens Care 35: 457-458, 2007]

 

Hempel S. The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera. University of California Press, 2007. 321pp.  [rev. Finkelstein RA. NEJM 356: 1593-1594, 2007]

 

Jackson J. A World on Fire: A Heretic, an Aristocrat, and the Race to Discover Oxygen. Viking, 2005. 414pp. [rev. Bohning JJ. Chemical Heritage 25(2): 47, summer 2007]

 

Johnson S. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Deadliest Epidemic--and How It Changed the Way We Think About Disease, Cities, Science and the Modern World. Riverhead/Penguin, 2006. 352pp. [John Snow and cholera; rev. Finkelstein RA. NEJM 356: 1593-1594, 2007]

 

Ortega R. Written in Granite: An Illustrated History of the Ether Monument. Plexus Management, 2006. 71pp. [rev. Ellison N. Anesth Analg 104: 1006, 2007]

 

Van Dam SW. Roy Vandam: Life and Art. Cambodian Arts and Scholarship Foundation, 2006. 60pp. [rev. Harmel MH. Anesth Analg 104: 1316, 2007; Abouleish EI. Anesthesiology 106: 1071, 2007]

 

 

 

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Aitken H. Anaesthetists in literature. Anaesthesia News 238: 6-7, May 2007

 

Alston TA. Nitrous or nitric? Same difference. Molecular formulas in the 1840s. J Clin Anesth 19: 159-161, 2007 [1 illus., 12 refs.]

 

Apgar papers at NLM. Watermark 29(3): 70-72, summer 2006 [1 portrait]

 

Ball C, Westhorpe RN. Halothane. Anaesth Intens Care 35(1): 3, February 2007 [Cover Note series; illus.; 4 refs.]

 

Ball C, Westhorpe RN. Methoxyflurane: then and now. Anaesth Intens Care 35(2): 161, April 2007 [Cover Note series; illus.; 10 refs.]

 

Ball C, Westhorpe RN. Enflurane. Anaesth Intens Care 35(3): 325, June 2007 [Cover Note series; illus.; 9 refs.]

 

Bause GS. Brant Burdell ‘B.B.’ Sankey, M.D., F.I.C.A., D.A.B.A., F.A.C.A. (1908-2007). ASA Newsletter 71 (3): 31-32, March 2007 [portrait]

 

Beck T. The Rostock chair of pharmacology under Paul Trendelenburg 1919-1923. Wurzbg Medizinhist Mitt 25: 205-213, 2006 [German]

 

Benumof JL. War produces anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology 106(3): 638, March 2007 [correspondence; 1 ref.]

 

Bogod D. Nothing new under the sun: the Legacy Project for Anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 62: 545-546. 2007 [editorial; 4 refs.]

 

Chandler B. Tribute to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) on their 75th anniversary. U. S. Congressional Record E1157; June 16, 2006

 

Colice GL. Historical perspective on the development of mechanical ventilation. In: Tobin MJ, ed. Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation. McGraw-Hill, 2007, pp 1-36 [40 illus., 1 table, 240 refs.]

 

Connelly NR, Silverman DG. The history of anesthesia. In: Connelly NR, Silverman DG, eds. Review of Clinical Anesthesia. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2006, pp 3-7 [board-type questions and answers]

 

Connor H. The use of anaesthesia to diagnose malingering in the 19th century. J Roy Soc Med 99: 444-447, September 2006 [31 refs.]

 

Connor H. Military anaesthesia. Anaesthesia 61: 904-905, 2006 [correspondence; 10 refs.]

 

Curry TB, Bacon DR, Rho RH. The history of subcutaneous oxygen therapy. J Clin Anesth 18: 388-395, 2006 [4 illus., 68 refs.]

 

Desai SP, Desai MS, Maddi R, Battit GE. A tale of two paintings: depictions of the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia. Anesthesiology 106(5): 1046-1050, May 2007 [2 illus., 14 refs.]

 

Domino Pino, 89, chief of anesthesia [St. Johns Hospital, Lowell, Mass., for many years] Boston Globe 1 July 2007 [obituary]

 

Epstein D, Brill JE. A history of pediatric critical care medicine. Pediat Res 58(5): 987-996, 2005 [129 refs.]

 

Fletcher R. The history of ether, from six feet under. Boston Globe 17 June 2007 [Dr. Elliott Miller’s annual tour of Mount Auburn Cemetery for anesthesia residents]

 

40th anniversary of service of Professor Dr. Anis Baraka. In tribute. Profile of Anis Baraka. Middle East J Anesthesiol 18(5): 799-802, 2006 [4 illus.]

 

Foster J, Lehoux D. The Delphic Oracle and the ethylene-intoxication hypothesis. Clin Toxicol 45: 85-89, 2007 [1 table, 21 refs.]

 

George S. Historic ether monument to undergo restoration. Anesthesiology News 32(8): 88, 90, August 2006 [2 illus.]

 

Grant GJ, Grant AH, Lockwood CJ. Simpson, Semmelweis, and transformational change. Obstet Gynecol 106(2): 384-387, August 2005 [13 refs.]

 

Hofland J, Leendertse-Verloop K, Rupreht J. Keuskamp and the Amsterdam infant ventilator. Anaesthesia 61: 705-712, 2006 [9 illus., 2 tables, 22 refs.]

 

Jacob AK, Bacon DR, Smith HM. Pioneering cardiac anesthesia: the life and work of Emerson Moffitt, MD. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21(1): 285-287, April 2007 [4 illus., 11 refs.]

 

Kalliardou E, Tsiotou AG, Velegrakis D, Avgerinopoulou A, Poulakou E, Papadimitriou L. Historical aspects of inhalation anesthesia in children: ether and chloroform. Pediat Anessth 16: 3-10, 2006 [7 illus., 30 refs.]

 

Kendall JL, Hoffenberg SR, Smith RS. History of emergency and critical care ultrasound: the evolution of a new imaging paragdigm. Crit Care Med 35(5, suppl): S126-S130, 2007 [68 refs.]

 

Lear E. Irving M. Pallin, M.D.—February 1910-October 2006. ASA Newsletter 71(5): 31, May 2007 [portrait]

 

Lim MW. The history of extracorporeal oxygenators. Anaesthesia 61: 984-995, 2006 [100 refs.]

 

Mazze RI. Methoxyflurane revisited: tale of an anesthetic from cradle to grave. Anesthesiology 105(4): 843-846, October 2006 [Classic Papers Revisited series; 2 illus., 19 refs.]

 

Mollison H. Grave concern over state of Capital cemetery left in ruins. Edinburgh Evening News 3 March 2007 [Warriston Cemetery, location of James Young Simpson’s grave]

 

Morgan M. James Gordon Robson Kt CBE MB ChB FRCS FFARCS Anaesthesia 62: 643, 2007 [obituary]

 

Naresh VV, Sarma MB. Medical philately (medical theme on stamps). Virginia Apgar (1909-1974). J Assoc Physicians India 55: 80, January 2007

 

Norn S, Kruse PR, Kruse E. On the history of injection. Dan Medicinhist Arbog 34: 104-113, 2006 [Danish]

 

Ortega R, Kelly LR, Yee MK, Lewis KP. Written in granite: a history of the Ether Monument and its significance for anesthesiology. Anesthesiology 105: 838-842, 2006 [6 illus., 24 refs.]

 

Pembrook L. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: largest anesthesia subspecialty society is 30 years old. Anesthesiology News 32(8): 89-90, August 2006 [1 illus.]

 

Schober P, Loer SA. Closed system anaesthesia—historical aspects and recent developments. Eur J Anaesthesiol 23: 914-920, 2006 [2 illus., 46 refs.]

 

Sen S, Martin DP, Bacon DR. Exploring origins: was John Bonica’s model of modern-day pain management influenced by John Lundy’s earlier work? Reg Anesth Pain Med 32(3): 258-262, May-June 2007 [1 illus., 1 table, 21 refs.]

 

Strickland RA, Butterworth J IV. Sexual dreaming during anesthesia: early case histories (1849-1888) of the phenomenon. Anesthesiology 106(6): 1232-1236, June 2007 [34 refs.]

 

Sultan A, Munz M. Local doctor remembered as athletic, hard-working. St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11 June 2007 [Anesthesiologist Barry Goldstein]

 

Takrouri MS. Surgical, medical and anesthesia in the Middle East: notes on the ancient and medieval practice with reference to Islamic-Arabic medicine. Internet Journal of Health Volume 5, number 1, 2006; http: www.ispub.com/ [19 illus., 21 refs.]

 

Todd MM. The best years of my life [as Editor-in Chief]. Anesthesiology 106(1): 1-2, January 2007

 

Trubuhovich RV. On the very first, successful, long-term, large-scale use of IPPV. Albert Bower and V. Ray Bennett: Los Angeles, 1948-1949. Crit Care Resusc 9(1): 100, March 2007

 

Visitors ‘appalled’ by neglect of graves in cemetery. Edinburgh Evening News 31 May 2007 [Warriston Cemetery, location of James Young Simpson’s grave]

 

Wilkinson D. It’s time the book came home. Anaesthesia News 238: 3-5, May 2007 [John Snow book donated to Heritage Centre by Professor Akitomo Matsuki of Japan; 3 illus.]

 

Winnie AP. Diary of a dream: the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (for surgery, obstetrics and pain control). Reg Anesth Pain Med 31(6): 569-574, November-December 2006 [1 illus., 2 refs.]

 

Wobst AHK. Hypnosis and surgery: past, present and future. Anesth Analg 104(5): 1199-1208, May 2007 [3 tables, 93 refs.]

 

Woolf CJ. Central sensitization: uncovering the relation between pain and plasticity. Anesthesiology 106(4): 864-867, April 2007 [Classic Papers Revisited series; 1 illus., 13 refs.]