[Last updated 15 May 1997]

NOTE: These annotations for articles published 1994-1996 eventually

appear in the "From the Literature" column in the _Bulletin

of Anesthesia History_.--A.J. Wright

*Adams AK. The delayed arrival: from Davy (1800) to Morton (1846)

J Roy Soc Med 80:96P-100P, 1996

Dr. Adams' excellent essay attempts to answer the questions, "Why

was anaesthesia not a holy grail before the nineteenth century?"

Why America and not Europe? Why a dentist? 20 refs.

*Andermann AA. Physicians, fads, and pharmaceuticals: a history of

aspirin. McGill J Med 2:115-120, 1996

Notes that "...the history of aspirin is not as straightforward a tale as

conventional histories suggest..." 26 refs.

*Bacon Dr. A curious moment: the proposal to certify nurse anesthetists

by the American Board of Anesthesiology. J Clin Anesth 8:614-619, 1996

Another of Dr. Bacon's wonderful articles examines a request in the

1930s by the American Board of Surgery that the American Board of

Anesthesiology certify nurse anesthetists. "Neither the nurses nor

the physician anesthetists were overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal.

However, had the proposal succeeded, the face of American anesthesiology

would have been quite different." 6 illus., 10 refs.

*Brandt L, Krauskopf KH. A discovery in surgery--150 years of anesthesia.

Anaesthesist 45:970-975, 1996

Overview of events leading up to Morton's Boston demonstration in 1846.

In German. 6 illus., 9 refs.

*Carter AJ. Narcosis and nightshade. Br Med J 313:1630-1632, 1996

Fascinating history of the "spongia somnifera" and other efforts through

the ages toprovide surgical pain relief and sedation. 7 illus., 13 refs.

*Cohen J. Doctor James Young Simpson, Rabbi Abraham De Sola, and Genesis

Chapter 3, verse 16. Obstet Gynecol 88:895-898, 1996

Discusses religious objections to the use of chloroform for childbirth

pain relief and Simpson's method of refuting them. 17 refs.

*Connor H, Connor T. Did the use of chloroform by Queen victoria

influence its acceptance in obstetric practice. Anaesthesia 51:955-957,

1996

Concludes "that the use of chloroform by Queen Victoria in 1853 did not

result in the major breakthrough...credited by some later writers."

1 table, 26 refs.

*Fosburgh LC. History of the AANA headquarters and the office of the

executive director--1931-1996. AANA J 64:157-162, 1996

Documents the various American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

executive directors and headquarters offices. 10 illus., 7 refs.

*Fosburgh LC. The second National Association of Nurse Anesthetists

annual meeting. AANA J 64:285-287

Describes the meeting which took place in Philadelphia in September,

1934. 3 illus., 5 refs.

*Franco A, Cortes J, Alvarez J, Diz JC. The development of blood

transfusion: the contributions of Norman Bethune in the Spanish Civil

War (1936-1939). Can J Anaesth 43:1076-1078, 1996

Discusses the Canadian surgeon Bethune, who advocated transfusions at

the front rather than at centers behind the lines. 2 illus., 7 refs.

*Frost EAM. History of neuroanesthesia. In: Albin MS, ed.

Textbook of Neuroanesthesia. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996,

pp. 1-20

Extensive overview from prehistoric times to the present.

23 illus., 128 refs.

*Garde JF. The nurse anesthesia profession: a past, present,

and future perspective. Nurs Clin North Amer 31:567-580, 1996

About half this article is a section entitled "History of

Nurse Anesthesia in the United States." Includes a chronology

of dates important in the history of the American Association

of Nurse Anesthetists. Bibliography with 5 items.

*Goerig M, Bohrer H. Die totale Spinalanasthesie nach Jonnesco.

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 31:46-48, 1996

Describes the spinal anesthesia technique of Thomas Jonnesco in the

first decade of the twentieth century. In German. 2 illus., 19 refs.

*Hintzenstern UV, Schwarz W. Fruhe Erlanger Beitrage zur Theorie und

Praxis der Aether-und Chloroformnarkose. Teil 1. Heyfelders klinische

Versuche mit Ather und Chloroform. Anaesthesist 45:131-139, 1996

Describes the work of Heyfelder at the University of Erlangen. In

late January 1847 Heyfelder began clinical trials with ether and

switched to chloroform in December. In German. Eng. abstract.

4 illus., 31 refs.

*Johnson HA. "Oslere recommends chloroform at sixty." Pharos 59(1):

24-26, 1996

Examines a remark Osler made in 1905 regarding chloroform and men

who have reached the age of sixty. Osler apparently got his ideas

about euthanasia from British novelist Anthony Trollope. 3 illus., 12 refs.

*Kasper SM, Kasper AS. On the history of autologous blood transfusion

in the 19th century. Zentralblatt Chirurg 121:250-257, 1996

Describes the mid-nineteenth century work by Eulenberg and Landois (1866),

Von Volkmann (1868) and Von Esmarch (1871) that "fell into oblivion" until

1914 when Thies revived interest in the procedure. In German. Eng. abstract.

3 illus., 2 tables (chronologies), 50 refs.

*Larson MD. Tait and Caglieri: the first spinal anesthetic in

America. Anesthesiology 85:913-919, 1996

Dr. Larson examines the lives of the two San Francisco surgeons,

F. Dudley Tait and Guido E. Caglieri, and describes the anesthetic.

Excellent article. 2 illus., 39 refs.

*Murdock EJ Jr, Deaver SB. Documenting the discovery of anesthesia:

the Crawford W. Long Museum. AANA J 64:60-64, 1996

Describes the museum in Jefferson, Georgia. 5 illus., 9 refs.

*Orkin FK. Ambulatory anesthesia: past, present and future. Anesthesiol

Clin North Amer 14:595-608, 1996

Concentrates on current status and very recent trends. Brief discussion

of early 20th century work by Nicoll and Waters. 6 illus., 29 refs.

*Rutledge RH. America's greatest medical discovery: 150 years later,

who gets the credit? J Am Coll Surg 183:625-636, 1996

Revists the Long-Jackson-Wells-Morton debate. Good overview

despite some factual errors. 10 illus., 50 refs.

*Samuels SI. History of neuroanesthesia: a contemporary review.

Int Anesthesiol Clin 34:1-20, 1996

Good overview of neurosurgery and related anesthetic developments.

4 illus., 34 refs.

*Sanchez GC. Lexicograpic history of "anesthesia." J Clin Anesth

8:435-438, 1996

Fascinating history behind the word "anesthesia." 33 refs.

*Sands RP Jr, Bacon DR. The Copper Kettle: a historical perspective.

J Clin Anesth 8:528-532, 1996

Describes the invention by Dr. Lucien Morris and its importance in

anesthesia history. 4 illus., 8 refs.

*Skolnick AA. Sesquicentennial of first publicly performed

surgery under anesthesia. JAMA 276:1205, 1996

Brief account of Morton's first public demonstration of

surgical anesthesia on October 16, 1846.

*Strickland RA. Ether drinking in Ireland. Mayo Clin Proc

71:1015, 1996

Excellent overview of this strange chapter in ether's

history. Hopefully Dr. Strickland will expand this account

in the future. A version of the material was presented at the

Anesthesia History Association annual spring meeting in

Buffalo, New York, May 1996. 8 refs.

*Sugioka K. From Germany to Britton: a personal view of experiences

in almost 50 years of measuring oxygen. Adv Exp Med Biol 388:1-11, 1996

Personal reminiscences that cover oxygen monitoring over much of this

century. 13 illus., 15 refs.

*Vandam LD. The last days of William Thomas Green Morton. J Clin

Anesth 8:431-434, 1996

Describes events surrounding Morton's death in 1868. 3 illus.,

5 refs.

*Vandam LD. The approach to patient safety in anesthesia:

an historical perspective. In: Morrell RD, et al, eds.

Patient Safety in Anesthetic Practice. Churchill Livingstone,

1996, pp. 1-21

Another excellent item from Dr. Vandam. Includes sections on

mortality, physical status and risk, and classification.

8 illus., 23 refs.

*Westhorpe R. Horace Wells (1815-1848). Anaesth Intens Care

24:415, 1996

Brief account of Wells' work with nitrous oxide. Entry in

the journal's "Cover Note" series. 1 portrait, 3 refs.

*Bacon DR. Iconography in anesthesiology: the importance of

society seals in the 1920s and 1930s. Anesthesiology 85:414-

419, 1996

Another in Dr. Bacon's fascinating series of articles on

academic anesthesia in the United States between the world

wars. This article discusses the "physicians [who] created

dynamic seals to explain who they were and their work to

professional and lay audiences alike." (p.419). 7 illus.,

12 refs.

*Bacon DR. Regional anesthesia and chronic pain therapy: a history.

In: Brown DL, ed. Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia. Philadelphia:

W.B. Saunders, 1996, p. 10-22

Excellent overview of this topic. 19 illus., 2 tables, 43 refs.

*Bacon DR, Ament R, Morris L. In defense of Waters, Blalock,

and Taylor. Anesthesiology 85:442-443, 1996

This letter responds to an article by Muravick et al, Austin

Lamont and the evolution of modern academic anesthesiology.

Anesthesiology 84:436-441, 1996. 3 refs.

*Bailey BJ. Looking back at a century of cocaine--use and abuse.

Laryngoscope 106:681-683, 1996

Brief history of the drug's use and regulation. 1 illus., 9 refs.

*Ball C, Westhorpe R. Crawford Williamson Log (1815-1878). Anaesth

Intens Care 24:303, 1996

Brief account of Long's career and use of ether in surgery. 3 illus.,

3 refs.

*Brown DL. Observations on regional anesthesia. In: Brown DL, ed.

Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders,

1996, p.3-9

Includes some material on historical aspects. 12 illus., 42 refs.

*Colon-Morales MA. Trivia on the history of the anesthesia

screen. ASA Newsletter 60(8):24, August 1996

Brief account of the "ether screen" and Dr. Colon-Morales'

modern adaptation. 2 illus.

*Donahue KES. The creation of a new collection documenting the history

of pain studies in the History and Special Collections Division of the

Louise Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA. Watermark 19(3):80-83, 1996

Describes the genesis of the collection in the oral history work of

John Liebeskind in the early 1990s.

*Ernst W. 'Under the influence' in British India: James Esdaile's

mesmeric hospital in Calcutta, and its critics. Psychol Med 25:

1113-1123, 1995

Fascinating study of Esdaile's background, his work with mesmerism

in Calcutta in the mid-1840s, his supporters and critics and the

social and medical context of his efforts. Extensive reference list,

88 refs.

*Fenster JM. How nobody invented anesthesia. Amer Herit Invent Technol

12(1):24-35, summer 1996

Popularized history of anesthesia's development from Davy to Long/Morton/

Wells/Jackson. Includes sidebars on anesthetic practice today and an

explanation of how anesthesia works. "The achievement in the development

of anesthesia was neither lofty nor scientific; it was only in bringing

a fresh perspective to an unhappy, old probelem [pain relief]. Noble as

that is, anyone could have done it. But no one did until 1846..." (p.26) I'm

pleased to note that so many are blessed with such "fresh perspective."

Article is generally accurate, although it does contain such zingers

as the characterization of Davy's 582-page opus on nitrous oxde as a

"booklet." (p. 24) 10 illus., no references.

*Florey E. Ars Magnetica: Franz Anton Mesmer, 1734-1815, Magier vom

Bodensee. Konstanz: UVK, Universitatsverlag Konstanz, 1995. 286p.

This German-language monograph has not been examined.

*Goerig M, Beck H. Priority conflict concerning the discovery of lumbar

anesthesia between August Bier and August Hildebrandt. Anasthesiol

Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 31:111-119, 1996

This German-language article discusses the quarrel Hildebrandt began

with his former surgical colleague over whether Bier or James Corning

developed spinal anesthesia.

*Gottlieb AM. A Pictorial History o Blood Practices and Transfusion.

Scottsdale, Arizona: Arcane Publications, 1992 372p.

This marvelous book is an extensive compendium of illustrations from

medieval times to the present. 400 refs.

*Jack Moyers, MD, 1921-1996. ASA Newsletter 60(6):37, 1996

Brief obituary. 1 portrait.

*Healy TEJ. In memoriam: Burnell R. Brown, Jr. Surv Anesthesiol

40:131-132, 1996

Brief remembrance presented to members of the Council of the Royal

College of Anaesthetists.

*McGoldrick KE. Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture: 'From Symmetrical to

Asymmetrical: An Historical Perspective.' ASA Newsletter 60(7):10-11,

1996

Brief biography of Joseph F. Artusio, Jr., MD, who will deliver the

35th lecture at the ASA 1996 annual meeting in New Orleans in October,

1996.

*Merits of cocaine. Laryngoscope 106:680, 1996

Reproduces an advertisement from the back cover of the journal's first

issue in July 1896.

*Migraine. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiat 60:338, 1996

Brief selections from various literary authors, including Kipling,

Eliot, Pope and Gilbert.

*Miller EV. Ether day 150th anniverary celebration set for

October. ASA Newsletter 60(8):25, August 1996

Describes the Boston, Massachusetts, meeting October 15-17,

1996.

*Panning B, Klos H-G, Piepenbrock S. Das barenmarchen von Berlin.

Bongo Berlin 26:67-70, 1995

This German-language article describes the curious story of one of the

earliest chloroform deaths in Germany--a bear at the Berlin Zoo that

underwent cataract surgery on May 12, 1851. 1 illus., 4 refs.

*Pierce EC Jr. 40 years behind the mask: safety revisted. Anesthesiology

84:965-975, 1996

In the 34th Rovenstine Lecture delivered at the 1995 annual meeting of

the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr.

Pierce reflects of the safety of anesthesia over the past four decades.

37 refs.

*Rose W. The narcotization statistics of Ernst Julius Gurlt of 1895--an

early contribution to quality control in anesthesia. Anaesthesiol Reanim

20:157-161, 1995

German-language article describing survey of 78 surgical hospital departments

involving more than 55,000 anesthetic procedures.

*Rusham GB, Davies NJ, Atkinson RS. A Short History of Anaesthesia: The

First 150 Years. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996

This monograph has not yet been examined.

*Rutkow IM. William Halsted, his family, and 'queer business methods.'

Arch Surg 131:123-127, 1996

Explores the "independent wealth" of Halsted that allowed him to

accept a full-time faculty position at Johns Hopkins in the late

1890s. That wealth was apparently based on his father's embezzlements.

3 illus., 23 refs.

*Spielman FJ. Nitrous oxide: from laughing gas to anesthetic. Am J

Anesthesiol 23:142-144, 1996

Another entry in Dr. Spielman's "Art and Anesthesia" series in this

journal. Reproduces James Gillray's famous caricature of Davy's nitrous

oxide demonstrations at the Royal Instution in London in 1801. 3 refs.

*Stoeckel H, Schulte am Esch J. 150 years ether narcosis (1846-1996).

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 31:61, 1996

This German-language editorial has not been examined.

*West JB, ed. Respiratory Physiology: People and Ideas. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, 1996. 340p.

A collection of 12 essays devoted primarily to 20th century developments

in the field. Each chapter has extensive references. 182 illus.

*Zanchin G, Rossi P, Isler H, Maggioni F. Headache as an occupational

illness in the treatise De Morbis Artificum Diatriba of Bernardino

Ramazzini. Cephalalgia 16:79-86, 1996

Italian Ramazzini's 1700 work is "considered to be the first text

to specifically deal with occupational illnesses. It was also the

last for over 150 years." [from the abstract] The book describes

69 occupations, 12 of which often produced headaches.

*Balcells M. Historical aspects and synonymy of cluster

headache. Rev Neurol 23(suppl 4):s473-478, 1995

This Spanish-language article has not been examined.

*Bowring D. History of infection control in anaesthesia.

Anaesth Intens Care 24(2):150-153, April 1996

Brief overview of the topic, beginning with Thomas

Skinner's "first published reference to cross infection

in anaesthesia, while promoting his own cloth-covered

wire-frame chloroform mask" in 1873 in Liverpool, England.

40 refs.

*Calder I; Pearce A; Towey R. Classic paper: a fiberoptic

endoscope used for tracheal intubation. Anaestheia

51(6):602, June 1996

This letter comments on a paper published by the journal

in 1967 and authored by Dr. P. Murphy which the writers

consider a "classic." Includes material from Dr. Murphy.

7 refs.

*Feldman S. History. In: Neuromuscular Block. Stoneham,

Mass.: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996, pp. 1-6.

Brief overview of the topic. 3 illus., 21 refs.

*Firlik KS; Firlik AD. Harvey Cushing, M.D.: A Clevelander.

Neurosurgery 37(6):1178-1186, December 1995

Documents the great surgeon's connections with his home

town. 13 illus., 20 refs.

*Fischer JL. Roselyne Rey (1951-1995), historienne des

sciences du Siecle des lumieres. Rev Hist Sci [Paris]

48(3):233-239.

Rey authored the brilliant _History of Pain_ (Harvard

University Press, 1995). This French-language tribute

has not been examined.

*Goerig M; Schulte am Esch J. Otto Kappeler--a pioneer

in anesthesia in German-speaking regions. Anasthesiol

Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 30(7):426-435, November

1995

This German-language article has not been examined.

*Gourevitch D; Chouillet AM; Fagot-Largeault A. Roselyne

Rey (1951-1995). Rev Hist Sci [Paris] 48(3):351-363, 1995

Rey authored the brilliant _History of Pain_ (Harvard

University Press, 1995). This French-language tribute has

not been examined.

*McIntyre JWR. Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways: I

(1880-1995). Can J Anaesth 43(6):629-635, 1996

Noting the vast literature on the laryngeal mask airway

(LMA) over the past decade, Dr. McIntyre asks whether the

"clearly defined clinical objectives" met by the LMA "were

described collectively with reference to earlier airway

designs" [from the abstract]. 10 illus., 46 refs.

*Panning B. Comment on: Legal outcome of crime under

anesthesia. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther

30(7):461, November 1995

This German-language article has not been examined.

*Safar P. On the history of modern resuscitation. Crit

Care Med 24(2, suppl.): s3-s11, 1996

Adapted from two previous publications in 1989 and 1995 by

Dr. Safar on this topic. 1 illus., 1 table, 111 refs.

*Shephard DAE. John Snow: Anaesthetist to a Queen and Epi-

demiologist to a Nation. Cornwall, Prince Edward Island,

Canada: York Point, 1995.

Dr. Shephard's biography has recently been reviewed in

Anaesth Intens Care 24(2):292-293, April 1996 and

Anaesthesia 51:519, 1996.

*Wilson GW. One Grand Chain. The History of Anaesthesia in

Australia, 1846-1962. Volume 1: 1846-1934. Melbourne:

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, 1996

This monumental work from the new Laureate in Anesthesia

History has been reviewed in Anaesth Intens Care 24(2):294,

April 1996 by Dr. Michael G. Cooper.

*Wynands JE. History of cardiac anesthesia: the contribution

of Canadian anaesthetists to the evolution of cardiac

surgery. Can J Anaesth 43(5):518-534, 1996

Excellent overview of the topic. This article is available

on the World-Wide Web portion of the Internet (URL: http://

www.achilles.net/~izunder). 25 illus., 24 refs.

*Britt BA. History of malignant hyperthermia. In: Morio M,

Kikuchi H, Yuge O, eds. Malignant Hyperthermia. New York:

Springer, 1996

Excellent overview of the discovery of and research on

this condition. 126 refs.

*Cass NM, Cooper MG. Paediatric anaesthesia in Australia:

origins and developments. Paediat Anaesth 6:69-78, 1996

Good overview of the topic. 5 illus., 51 refs.

*Caton D. Who said childbirth is natural? The medical mission

of Grantly Dick Read. Anesthesiology 84:955-964, 1996

This fine biography of Read (1889-1959) focuses on "his

35-year quest to change obstetric practice". Read's publi-

cations include the popular _Childbirth Without Fear_

(1944). 30 refs., numerous footnotes.

*Lassner J. Life of John Snow. Abridged translation of

the biography by Benjamin W. Richardson. Cah Anesthesiol

43(3):397-399, 1995

This French-language article has not been examined.

*Lassner J. Physiology of pain in the XVIII century.

Cah Anesthesiol 43(3):331-335, 1995

This French-language article is primarily a reprint

of a portion of a surgical work by Herman Boerhaave

(1624-1738).

*Papper EM. Romance, Poetry, and Surgical Sleep: Literature

Influences Medicine. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood

Publishing, 1995

This fascinating, thought-provoking work by Dr. Papper has

been favorably reviewed by Siker ES, JAMA 275:567, 1996 and

Somerville Jr AW, Anesthesiology 84:754-755, 1996

*Porter R, Teich M. Drugs and Narcotics in History. New

York: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Roy Porter of the Wellcome Institute of the History of

Medicine in London is perhaps the most prolific medical

historians and editors on the planet; one of his recent

obsessions has been Thomas Beddoes, about whom Porter

published an excellent book several years ago. In this

collection of essays Porter and Teich bring together

a number of pieces, including one by Scarborough, Maehle

and Acker on aspects of opium use in the 18th and 19th

centuries. Reviewed by Young JH, NEJM 334:1068-1069,

1996.

*Rey R. The History of Pain. Cambridge, Massachusetts:

Harvard University Press, 1995.

Although not without its flaws, this book is excellent,

especially the chapters "Pain in the Age of Enlightenment"

and "The 19th Century: The Great Discoveries". The book

is especially strong on French contributions; this edition

is a translation of the earlier French one. Reviewed by

Vogt BA, NEJM 334:407-408, 1996.

*Rose W. A 100-year-old transatlantic contribution to

anesthesiolotic quality control. Anasthesiol Intensivmed

Notfallmed Schmerzther 30(8):511-515, 1995

This German-language article has not been examined.

*Shephard DAE. John Snow: Anesthetist to a Queen and Epi-

demiologist to a Nation, a Biography. Cornwall, Prince

Edward Island: York Point Publishing, 1995

This biography has been favorably reviewed by Bogard TD,

Anesthesiology 84:754, 1996.

*Sudarshan, Soni AK, Welsh B. Doctor Dee's ether apparatus.

Anaesthesia 51:158-160, 1996

Describes the early 1940s device of Dr. M.H. Armstrong-

Davison, which essentially combined Water's to-and-fro

soda lime cannister and Hewitt's ether inhaler. 4 illus.,

incl. 1 portrait, 2 refs.

*Wall PD. Comments after 30 years of the gate control

theory. Pain Forum 5(1):12-22, 1996

One of the originators (with R. Melzack) of this pain

theory describes its history and current status. 84

refs.

*Wolfe RJ, Menczer LF, eds. I Awaken to Glory: Essays

Celebrating the Sesquicentennial of the Discovery of

Anesthesia by Horace Wells, December 11, 1844-December

11, 1994. Canton, Massachusetts: Science History

Publications, 1994

Those who support Horace Wells as the man who "discovered"

anesthesia will find this book a treasure trove; those who

do not will find it a bracing tonic nonetheless. Wolfe's

opening essay on the nineteenth-century background to

Wells' work is superb and the book publishes part of

Wells' casebook for the first time. Favorably reviewed

by Bacon DR, Bull Hist Med 70:143, 1996.

*Ball C, Westhorpe R. Ether before anesthesia. Anaesth Intens

Care 24:3, 1996

Describes work of Paracelsus, Valerius Cordus, Frobenius,

Eli Ives, Richard Pearson and R.J. Thornton. 5 illus., 4

refs.

*Conacher ID. Amylene, a blemish on Snow? Anaesthesia 51:155-

157, 1996

Describes the controversy involving this agent; two deaths

occurred under Snow's administration. 15 refs.

*Dunning AJ. Opium: an old history. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd

139:2629-2632, 1995

This Dutch language article has not been examined.

*Muravchick S, Rosenberg H. Austin Lamont and the evolution

of modern academic American anesthesiology. Anesthesiology

84:436-441, 1996

Describes the role of Lamont (1905-1969) in the post-World

War II period. 1 illus., 10 refs.

*Poetter C, Schwilden H. Intravenous anesthesia with inhala-

tion anesthetics. Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed

Schmerzther 30:383-386, 1995

Describes the history of intravenous ether anesthesia, in-

troduced by Burkhardt in 1909.

*Shephard DAE. Lemuel Ewart Prowse (b. 1914). Can J Anaesth

43:315, 1996

Brief biographical article about the Canadian anesthesiol-

ogist who retired in 1982. 1 portrait.

*Smith RM. History of pediatric anesthesia. In Motoyama EK,

Davis PJ, eds. _Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children.

6th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1996, pp 909-924.

Extensive chapter on the topic. 5 illus., 3 pages of refs.

*Viby-Mogensen J. Sophus Hauberg Johansen. Acta Anaesth Scand

40:5-6, 1996

Brief obituary of the Danish anesthesiologist(1923-1995),

author of more than 100 scientific papers. 1 illus.

*Zuck D. Richard Hancock Ellis (1937-1995). Med Hist

39(4):500, October 1995

Brief obituary.

*Ball C. Bellamy Gardner's open ether mask. Anaesth

Intens Care 23(6):665, December 1995

Gardner, an anesthetist at Charing Cross Hospital, first

described his mask in an article published in the _British

Medical Journal_ in January 1908. Gardner also wrote the

_Manual of Surgicl Anaesthesia_ first published a few years

later. 1 illus., 3 refs.

*Shephard DAE. _John Snow: Anaesthetist to a Queen and Epide-

miologist to a Nation. A Biography. Cornwall, PEI, Canada:

York Point Publishing, 1995.

This new book has been reviewed in Anesth Analg 82:223, 1996

and Can J Anaesth 43:96, 1996 by Drs. Donald Caton and J.R.

Maltby respectively.

*Franco A; Alvarez J; Diz JC; Bouzada M; Nadal I; Rodriguez

A. Remebering Juan Vicente Hedo's ether (1847). Chronicle

of an unexplained oversight. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim

42(7):297, August-September 1995

This Spanish-language letter has not been examined. Franco

and collegues have been quite prolific in the past few years

documenting nineteenth-century anesthesia in Spain.

*Van Zundert A. In memoriam: Gerard W. Ostheimer 1940-1995.

Int Monit Reg Anaesth 7(4):2, 1995

Brief obituary. 1 portrait.

*Winckler C. 60th anniversary of the 1st French Society of

Anesthesia. Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 14(2):242, 1995

This French-language letter has not been examined.

*Rosenberg H. One hundred fifty years of anesthesiology.

Am J Anesthesiol 23(1):9-10, 1996

Notes Morton's October 1846 demonstration and ponders

the present and future of the specialty. 1 ref.

*Frost EAM. In memory of J. Douglas Miller, M.D., Ph.D.

1937-1995. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 8(1):3, 1996

Brief reflections on the life and career of Dr. Miller.

*Willetts IE. James Moore, John Hunter and amputation under

analgesia in 1784. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 77, suppl: 310-311,

1995

Describes Moore's publication "A Method of Preventing or

Diminishing Pain in several Operations of Surgery". 1

illus., 11 refs.

*Australian anaesthetist named first laureate of anesthesia

history. ASA Newsletter 60(1):22, 1996

Describes the life and career of Dr. Gwenifer Wilson, named

as the first Laureate of the History of Anesthesia by the

ASA's Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. Dr. Wilson will

formally begin her four-year term at the 1996 ASA annual

meeting in New Orleans in October.

*Calmes SH. Unsung heroines of anesthesiology: Doctors

Isabella Herb, Julia Arrowood, and Margo Deming. Surv

Anesthesiol 29(6):402-406, December 1995

Dr. Calmes continues her fine documentation of the early

female pioneers of the specialty. 42 refs.

*Howell JD. Technology in the Hospital: Transforming Patient

Care in the Early Twentieth Century. Baltimore: Johns

Hopkins University Press, 1995.

This book is based on the analysis of a random sample from

2500 patient records from Pennsylvania Hospital in Phila-

delphia and New York Hospital in New York City from 1900

until 1925. Includes material on E.A. Codman's calls for

analysis of surgical outcomes. Reviewed in NEJM 334:127-

128, 1996.

*Bergman NA. Sherlock Holmes and his gasogene. Pharos 58(3):

35-37, summer 1995

Fascinating description and analysis of Holmes' device for

producing carbonated water. 1 illus., 14 refs.

*Iwatsuki K. History of muscle relaxants in Japan. In:

Fukushima K, Ochiai R, eds. Muscle Relaxants: Physiologic

and Pharmacologic Aspects. Berlin: Springer, 1995, pp 13-15,

1995

Dr. Iwatsuki describes his personal experiences with muscle

relaxants since the early 1950s. 5 refs.

*Payne JP. Some early approaches to relaxation in the United

Kingdom. In: Fukushima K, Ochiai R, eds. Muscle Relaxants:

Physiologic and Pharmacologic Aspects. Berlin: Springer,

1995, pp 3-7

Concentrates on the nineteenth-century history of curare;

some twentieth-century developments also discussed. 20 refs.

*Foldes FF. The final steps leading to the anesthetic use of

muscle relaxants. In: Fukushima K, Ochiai R, eds. Muscle

Relaxants: Physiologic and Pharmacologic Aspects. Berlin:

Springer, 1995, pp 8-12

Covers events from Lawen (1912) until the early 1950s. 17

refs.

*Foregger R. Richard von Foregger, Ph.D., 1872-1960: Manufac-

turer of anesthesia equipment. Anesthesiology 84(1):190-200,

January 1996

"This article examines Richard von Foregger's contributions

to the development of anesthesiology during the first half

of the twentieth century." This excellent article was

written by his son. 7 illus., 39 refs., 2 appendices.

*Smith BE. History of automated delivery of anesthetic

agents. Int Anesthesiol Clin 33(3):1-10, summer 1995

Describes developments since the work of Faulconer and

collegues at the Mayo Clinic in 1950. 83 refs.

*Safar P. On the history of modern resuscitation. Anesthesiol

Clin North Amer 13(4):751-765, December 1995

Traces developments primarily since the 1950s. 90 refs.

*Bevan DR. Fifty years of muscle relaxants.

Acta Anaesth Scand suppl 106:2-6, 1995

Brief review of the topic. 3 illus., 1

table, 31 refs.

*Raj PP. History of pain medicinel. In: Raj PP,

ed. Pain Medicine: A Comprehensive Review.

St. Louis: Mosby, 1995, pp 3-11

Brief overview from ancient time to the present.

1 illus., 46 refs.

*Bacon DR. Surgical heroes: an anesthesiologist's

perspective. Bull Amer Coll Surg 80:28-36, 1995

Examines such surgeon/anesthesiologist pairings

as Mayo/Lundy, Lahey/Sise and Schmidt/Waters. As

is usual with Dr. Bacon's articles, this one is

stuffed with relevant info. 8 portraits, 3 graphs,

31 refs.

*Ball C. Esmarch's mask. Anaesth Intens Care 23:273,

1995.

This entry in the journal's "Cover Note" series

describes Johannes Friedrich von Esmarch's 1879

mask, designed for battlefield use. When are they

going to issue this fine series of notes in book

form?? 1 illus., 6 refs.

*Zuck D. Anaesthetic and postoperative recovery rooms.

Anaesthesia 50:435-438, 1995

Reviews primarily nineteenth-century examples.

29 refs.

*Franco A; Rabanal S; Cortes J; Campana O; Toranzo C;

Vidal MI; Diz C; Alvarez J. Obstetric anesthesia-analgesia

in Spain. A review of its historic evolution during the

second half of the past century. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim

42(4):132-141, April 1995

This Spanish-language article is based on contemporary

material, much of it unpublished. The authors "emphasize

that controversy limited to a large extent the use of

anesthesia in obstetrics".

*Morton WJ. Memoranda relating to the discovery of surgical

anesthesia, and Dr. William T.G. Morton's relation to this

event. Surv Anesthesiol 39(1):66-76, February 1995

Reprints an article from 1905 presumed to be by Morton's

grandson. Brief introduction by Dr. Burnell R. Brown, Jr.

*Schatzki SC. Ether day. AJR Amer J Roentgenol l65:560, 1995

Brief article about Robert C. Hinckley and his famous

painting. 1 illus.

*Shampo MA, Kyle RA. Virginia Apgar--the Apgar score. Mayo

Clin Proc 70:680, 1995

Brief article about Dr. Apgar and her career. 1 illus.

(reproduction of Apgar postage stamp)

*Whitman WV. Stamp honors Salvadoran anesthesiologist.

ASA Newsletter 59(8):35, August 1995

This letter describes a stamp from El Salvador honoring

Dr. Joaquin Coto (1914-1981), uncle of the author. 1.

illus.

*Fosburgh LC. A perfect brick: AANA founding member

Verna Rice. AANA J 63:288-291, 1995

Profiles Alabamian Verna Rice who in the 1930s was

a founding member of the the American Association

of Nurse Anesthetists and the Alabama Association

of Nurse Anesthetists. 8 illus., 6 refs.

*Schoenberg E. Innovations allowing for ambulatory

anesthesia developed more than one hundred years

ago. Anesthesiology News 21(10):26, October 1995

One of a series of occasional pieces on history

published by AN, this article such items as the

late nineteenth-century moveable hyperbaric surgical

chamber. 5 illus.

*Longnecker DE. ASA Award: Bryan E. Marshall.

Anesthesiology 83:656-657, 1995

Brief review of Dr. Marshall's career and

scientific research. Portrait.

*Horton JM. The introduction of curare for the

treatment of tetanus in England. Surv Anesthesiol

39:337-338, 1995

Brief review of curare use in mid-nineteenth century

and some subsequent twentieth-century research. 16

refs.

*Otteni JC. 1994. 60th anniversary of the first French

Society of Anesthesia. 60th anniversary of thiopental.

Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 13:779-780, 1994

This editorial is in French.

*Regnier C. The first achievements in respiratory

resuscitation, in the enlightened century. Rev

Infirm (9):33-35, May 1995

This French-langauge article has not been examined.

*Hirschmuller A. E. Merck and cocaine. On Sigmund Freud's

cocaine studies and their relation to the Darmstadt

industry. Gesnerus 52:116-132, 1995

Based on Merck archival material, this article examines

Freud's cocaine research for the company 1884-1887.

German language.

*Feldman H. Treatment of acute and chronic laryngeal

stenoses in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century

by tracheotomy, coniotomy, intubation and dilation.

Laryngorhinootologie 74:216-222, 1995

This German-language article details work by Schrotter

in Vienna and Thost in Hamburg. Illustrations taken

from instruments at the Ingolstadt Medical History

Museum.

*Bowman B. Obituary: Sandor Agoston. Eur J Anaesthesiol

12, suppl 1: 1-2, 1995

Brief outline of private and academic careers of Dr.

Agoston. Portrait.

*Spielman FJ. The four doctors. Am J Anesthesiol 22:

266-268, 1995

Examines the painting "The Four Doctors" by John

Singer Sargent; the physicians are William Halsted,

William Welch, William Osler and Howard Kelly, the

four giants of Johns Hopkins Medical School. 1 illus.,

2 refs.

*Graybeal JM. Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring--

a historical perspective. In: Primer of Intraoperative

Neurophysiologic Monitoring. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995,

pp 9-14

This book chapter has not been examined.

*Ball C. Kocher's mask. Anaesth Intens Care Med 23:535, 1995

Describes the ca. 1890 mask designed by Swiss surgeon

Theodore Kocher (1841-1917); mask was designed for use

with either chloroform or ether. 1 illus., 8 refs.

*Clarke RSJ, Adams AK, Gibbs E, Horton JM, MacDonald R,

Robson J, Rollin AM, Williats S. A celebration of women

in anaesthesia 1894-1994. J Roy Soc Med 88:519P-521P,

1995.

A rambling, disjointed effort. Considering how much

work needs to be done on this topic and how many

authors are listed for this article, it's a disappointment

to say the least. No illustration or references, either!

*Bacon DR. The anesthesia world between the wars: the

creation of infrastructure. ASA Newsletter 59(10):19-

21, October 1995

Dr. Bacon continues his efforts to document professional

and academic organization of anesthesia in America prior

to World War II, as this article and the next one

demonstrate. This piece examines the role of Frank H.

McMechan, MD, in organizational efforts. When is the book

coming out, Doug? 3 illus., 12 refs.

*Bacon DR, Reddy V, Murphy OT. Regional anesthesia and

chronic pain management in the 1920s and 1930s: the

influence of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia.

Reg Anesth 20:185-192, 1995

Examines changes in treatment after founding of ASRA in

1923. 9 illus., 29 refs.

*Regnier C. Pain in ancient Greece. Rev Infirm (7):53-54,

1994

This German-language article has not been examined.

*Winkelstein W Jr. A new perspective on John Snow's

communicable disease theory. Am J Epidemiol 142(9,

suppl):S3-S9, 1995

Argues that Snow's theory was "more precise, more

comprehensive, and more explicit" than that of Jacob

Henle's of a decade earlier and that Snow "deserves

broader recognition than he has received". 3 tables,

15 refs.

*Ellis RH, ed. The Case Books of Dr. John Snow. London:

Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1995.

(Medical History suppl. 14).

This monumental work by the late Dr. Ellis is favorably

reviewed (how could it not be?) in Br J Anaesth 75:826-827,

1995, by A. Macdonald and in Anesthesiology 83:1390-1391,

1995 by NA Bergman.

*Kidd AG, Restall J. Thiopentone anaesthesia at Pearl Harbor.

Br J Anaesth 75:823, 1995

Letter in response to previous article with same title,

Bennetts FE Br J Anaesth 75:366-368, 1995. 7 refs.

*Franco A; Diz JC; Cortes J; Alvarez J. Fires and explosions

with anaesthetics. Br J Anaesth 75:821-822, 1995.

In response to an earlier article (MacDonald AG. A short

history of fires and explosions caused by anaesthetic

agents Br J Anaesth 72:710-722, 1994) this letter notes

other such events in Spain and France in the 19th and

20th centuries. 6 refs.

*Calmes SH. Virginia Apgar, M.D., Inducted into National

Women's Hall of Fame. ASA Newsletter 59(12):25-26, December

1995

Notes the event which took place October 14, 1995, at

Seneca Falls, NY. Also notes that four stringed musical

instruments made by Dr. Apgar have been donated to Columbia

University. 2 illus., 3 refs.

*Bohrer H, Goerig M. Cyclopropane. Anasthesiol Intensivmed

Notfallmed Schmerzther 30(5):313-314, August 1995

This German-language article has not been examined.

*Peter B. Magnetism and immorality--or the rapid demise of

magentism in Berlin around 1819-1820. Psychother Psychosom

Med Psychol 45(8):266-276, August 1995

Describes the sexual scandal involving physician-mesmerist

Karl Christian Wolfart and the two contemporary and contra-

dictory accounts of the events. In German.

*Bigler JA, McQuiston WO. Body temperatures during

anaesthesia in infants and children-Historical abstract.

Paediat Anaesth 5(5):306, 1995

This item has not been examined.

*Faraday M. Sulfuric ether vapor--Historical abstract.

Paediat Anaesth 5(5):302, 1995

This itme has not been examined. Presumably it has

something to do with Faraday's anonymously published

essay of 1818.

*Lema MJ. In memoriam: Gerard W. Ostheimer, M.D.

Reg Anesth 20(6):469-470, 1995.

A review of the life and career of the prominent

obstetric anesthesia researcher and author. 1 illus.

*Winnie AP. 1995 Gaston Labat Lecturer: Rudolph H. de Jong.

Reg Anesth 20(6): 471-473, 1995

Reviews Dr. de Jong's life and career.

*Astrup P. "40 years ago". Acta Anaesth Scand suppl 107:

11-12, 1995

Describes various developments in the history of blood

gas measurements.

*Poterack KA. 100 years (or so) of the modern anesthesia

record. ASA Newsletter 59(11):16-17, November 1995

Dr. Poterack describes his research on this topic during

his 1993 Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology Fellowship.

2 refs.

*Bergman NA. Frivolous uses of anesthetic gases: some

historical aspects. ASA Newsletter 59(11):18-19, November

1995

Dr. Bergman relates numerous examples from the 1790s to

the 1840s. 2 illus. 17 refs. (available from the author)

*Bohrer H, Goerig M. Early proponents of cardiac masage.

Anaesthesia 50:969-971, 1995

Describes late 19th century examples such as those of

Niehans in Berne, Langenbuch in Berlin, and Koenig and

Maass in Gottingen. 2 illus., 20 refs.

*Holmes F. The supine hypotensive syndrome. Anaesthesia

50:972-977, 1995

Dr. Holmes offers a brief introduction to his entry in

the journal's "Classic Paper" series. Article was

originally published in 1960.

*Parsloe C. Professor John Joseph Bonica, M.D., D.Sc.,

FRC Anaes (1917-1994). Rev Bras Anestesiol 44(5):353-

354, 1994

Brief obituary. In Portuguese.

*Fortuna A. Os sinos agora dobram por John (16/2/1917-

15/8/1994) e Emma Bonica (24/11/1915-8/8/1994). Rev

Bras Anestesiol 44(5):378, 1994

Brief obituary. In Portuguese.

*Nocite JR. Robert Virtue (12/09/1904-01/03/1994).

Rev Bras Anestesiol 44(5):351-352, 1994

Brief obituary. In Portuguese.

*Machado WS. Jose Luiz Guimaraes Santos (30/08/1908-

20/03/1994). Rev Bras Anestesiol 44(4):292, 1994

Brief obituary of one of the founders of the Brasilian

Society of Anesthesiologists. In Portuguese.

*Clark EB. The sacred rights of the weak: pain, sympathy,

and the culture of individual rights in antebellum America.

Journal of American History 82(2):463-493, September 1995

This article has not been examined.

*Barthelemy; Durour. Anesthesia in surgery of the face.

(Classical article). Cah Anesthesiol 43(1):83-85, 1995

This French-language article has not been examined.

*Nalda MA; Bolinches R. Elegy to Vicente Chulia Campos

(31-7-1936/23-4-1995). Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 42(6):

201-202, June-July 1995

This Spanish-language obituary has not been examined.

*Gobel H; Isler H; Hasenfratz HP. Headache classification

and the Bible: was St. Paul's thorn in the flesh a migraine?

Cephalalgia 15(3):180-181, June 1995

Notes that St. Paul's "descriptions fulfill the criteria for

migraine without aura of the 1988 Headache Classification."

*Defalque RJ; Wright AJ. Early French accounts of self-

inhalation of ether and concious analgesia. Anesthesiology

83:1370-1371, December 1995

This letter describes accounts by Gerdy and Sauvet in 1847.

11 refs.

*Moore DC. Intravenous alcohol in 1945 and beyond.

Anesthesiology 83(6):1372, December 1995

Dr. Moore describes his use of the technique published

in 1945. 3 refs.

*English ICW. Percutaneous catheterisation of the internal

jugular vein. Anaesthesia 50:1070-1076, 1995

Dr. English briefly introduces the reprint of his 1969

article for the journal's "Classic Paper" series.