FROM THE LITERATURE

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

Note: This listing [posted 3/16/00] will appear in a future issue of the Bulletin of Anesthesia History. 

Books

*Barr AM, Boulton TB, Wilkinson DJ, eds. Essays on the History of Anaesthesia. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1996 [rev. Cope DK. Bull Hist Med 72:777-778, 1998]

*Bergman NA. The Genesis of Surgical Anesthesia. Park Ridge, Illinois: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 1998. [rev. Vandam LD. Anesth Analg 86:501, 1998]

*Niesiolowska-Zagorowska K. Powstanie i rozwoj anestezjologii w regione Slaskiej Akademii Medyczne. Katowice: Slaska Akademia Medyczna, 1996.

*Young TM. A Short History of the Section of Anaethetics of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Society of Anaesthetists. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1998. [rev. Corall IM Br J Anaesth 81:833, 1998; Hall-Davies G. Anaesthesia 53:1139, 1998]

Articles and Book Chapters

*Bacon DR. Richard Ament, M.D., 1919-1998: 'leader, mentor friend.' ASA Newsletter 62(5):33, May 1998 [portrait]

*Boschung U. History of "right iliac fossa pain": from internal to surgical treatment--with special reference to the evolution in Switzerland. In: Acute AppendicitisL Standard Treatment or Laparoscopic Surgery. Progress in Surgery 25:1-9, 1998

*Carter AJ. Dwale: an anaesthetic from old England. Br Med J 319:1623-1626, December 18-25, 1999

*Engel BT. An historical and critical review of the articles on blood pressure published in Psychosomatic Medicine between 1939 and 1997. Psychosom Med 60:682-696, 1998

*Goerig M, Nemes C. Aloys Martin and the Society of German Physicians in Paris. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 33(2):96-104, February 1998 [German]

*Greene NM. Gwenifer Wilson, M.D., 1916-1998: author, historian, laureate. Anesth Analg 88:690, 1999

*Hill AJ. The Guide to Anesthesia: Making the Right Choices. New York: Kensington Books, 1999 [incl. brief chapter "Historical Interlude: Surgery Before the Modern Era", pp 15-18]

*Hull CJ. Anaesthetic risk. Medico-Legal J 66(pt 2):49-59, 1998

*Jeske AH. Xylocaine: 50 years of clinical service to dentistry. Texas Dent J 115(5):9-13, May 1998 [4 tables, 17 refs.]

*Koetter KP, Maleck WH. Janos Balassa and Rudolf Eisenmenger: forgotten pioneers of resuscitation. Anesthesiology 90: 1490-1491, 1999 [10 refs., correspondence; response by Juvin P, Desmonts JM Anesthesiology 90: 1491, 1999]

*Lear E. Richard H. Stein, M.D.:1928-2000. ASA Newsletter 64(2):27, February 2000 [portrait; obituary]

*Nagai M. History of autologous blood transfusion in neurosurgical operations. No Shinkei Geka 26:1117-1122, 1998 [Japanese]

*Paneth N, Vinten-Johansen P, Brody H, Rip M. A rivalry of foulness: official and unofficial investigations of the London cholera epidemic of 1854. Am J Public Health 88:1545-1553, 1998 [covers investigations by John Snow and others; 6 illus., 40 endnotes]

*Payne JP. The criminal use of chloroform. Anaesthesia 53:685-690, 1998 [12 refs.]

*Peter K. On the 70th birthday of Afred Doenicke. Anaesthesist 47:627-628, 1998

*Polushin IuS, Bogomolov BN. The 40th anniversary of the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation of the Military Medical Academy. Voen Med Zh 319(7):83-85, July 1998 [Russian]

*Russo E. Cannabis for migraine treatment: the once and future prescription? An historical and scientific review. Pain 76:3-8, 1998

*Sim P. Mesmeric anesthesia: the case of Madam Plantin. Reg Anesth Pain Med 23(3):289-291, 1998 [1 illus., 8 refs]

*Todd EM. Pain: historical perspectives. In: Aronoff GM, ed. Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1998, pp 3-10 [24 refs.]