HISTORY OF ANESTHESIA SECTION DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

DAVID HILL CHESTNUT, M.D.
SECTION ON THE HISTORY OF ANESTHESIA

Department of Anesthesiology Library
University of Alabama at Birmingham
619 19th Street South , JT965
Birmingham AL 35249-6810

(205) 975-0158

(205) 975-5963 [fax]

History Section Progress Report 2002-2006
PDF HTM DOC

*ASSA/UAB Anesthesia
60^th Anniversary Celebration
June 21, 2008

Department Timeline

DR. MANDABACH WINS 2007 CALVERLEY FELLOWSHIP!

Each year the ASA's Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology awards several Paul M. Wood Fellowships so that researchers can come to Park Ridge, Illinois, and use the WLM's fabulous collection of anesthesia history materials. One of those fellowships each year is designated the Rod Calverley Fellowship, which is jointly supported with the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, San Diego, in memory of Dr. Calverley who had been a member of that department. Dr. Calverley, a strong advocate of anesthesia history studies and one of the founding members of the Anesthesia History Association, initiated the WLM's fellowship program before his untimely death. This year's winner of the Calverley Fellowship is our own Mark Mandabach, M.D., for his project "The History of Anesthesia in Alabama." This award is a significant honor for both Dr. Mandabach and our department. Dr. Mandabach is the third member of this department to win a Wood Fellowship; J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., received one in 2006 and A.J. Wright, M.L.S., in 1988. However, Dr. Mandabach is our first Calverley Fellow. Congratulations!!
[Tuesday Report 1 May 2007]

See also “Interest in anesthesiology history earns Mandabach fellowship.”
UAB Reporter Volume 31 Number 22; August 13, 2007, p. 8

DR. ALDRETE WINS 2006 WLM FELLOWSHIP!

Section faculty member J. Antonio Aldrete, MD, MS, was named one of the 2006-2007 Paul M. Wood Fellows by the Board of Trustees of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology in Park Ridge, Illinois. Dr. Aldrete's research project is "Anesthetic Management of the Wounded during the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848." Congratulations, Dr. Aldrete!!

"In The Beginning There Was Darkness..."

A (very) Personal Memoir of the Early Days of Residency Training

in the Department of Anesthesiology at UAB

Frederick R. Brosch, M.D.

June, 2007

On September 30, 1998, Dr. Brosch retired after 30 years of service to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the UA Health Services Foundation. Dr. Brosch is a graduate of the University of Vienna Medical School and completed internships in Vienna and Cleveland, Ohio. He trained in anesthesiology both in Cleveland and at the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle. In 1968 he joined the UA School of Medicine faculty after serving on the faculties of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, the University of Kiel in Germany and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. At UA he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1974 and Professor in 1978. Dr. Brosch served as Director of Resident Education for this department for 12 years and as Program Director of the department’s Annual Review Course in Anesthesiology for 25 years. He was President of the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists in 1985 and 1986 and founding Editor of its newsletter, which he edited for 14 years. In addition he found time to volunteer his services as Director of Anesthesia aboard the fabled hospital ship SS Hope in the underserved area around Natal in Rio Grande de Norte, Brazil, in February, March and April of 1972. The University of Alabama Board of Trustees passed a resolution on September 18, 1998, recognizing Dr. Brosch’s years of service and achievement. We thank Dr. Brosch for his memories of early anesthesia residency training in Birmingham.

HISTORY SECTION NAMED FOR DR. CHESTNUT

At the farewell reception for Dr. Chestnut on May 20, Dr. Maurice Albin announced that our department's History Section in the Education Division has been officially named the David Hill Chestnut, M.D., Section on the History of Anesthesia. Created in June, 2002, the mission of the Section is to expose anesthesiology residents, fellows, faculty, medical students and the general public to the historical developments behind the progress of anesthesiology as a specialty; to enable our residents, fellows, and faculty to participate in more advanced studies concerning anesthesia history; and to develop ties with scholars in historical research at UAB and elsewhere. The Section was the first such academic unit in the world. The Section was named after Dr. Chestnut to honor his support of anesthesia history activities during his eleven years as Chair and especially to recognize his important role in the creation of the Section. -A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Director, History Section [Tuesday Report July 5, 2005]

Contents

*Faculty
*Historical Exhibits
*History Lectures 2007-2008
*Recent Oral Presentations by Faculty
*Resident History Projects
*Recent Publications
*Department's History Section: A First-Year Progress Report
*Bibliography
*HOA Organizational Proposal
*Anesthesia History and Other Links

Faculty

A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Director

[Curriculum Vitae]
Associate Professor

Maurice Albin, M.D., M.Sc. (Anes)
Professor

J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., M.S.

[Curriculum Vitae]
Professor

Ray J. Defalque, M.D.

Professor

Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Jason McKeown, M.D.

Assistant Professor

[photo by Mike Strawn]

Mark Mandabach, M.D.; A.J. Wright, M.L.S.; Maurice Albin, M.D.

HISTORICAL EXHIBITS
[previous exhibits are here]

On display beginning July 2007:
just outside the Anesthesiology Library
Jefferson Towers 965:

ALICE MCNEAL, M.D., DISPLAY

McNeal1x.jpg (198171 bytes)

The display area just outside the departmental library currently features an exhibit on Dr. Alice McNeal, the first Chair of our department (1948-1961) and the first female anesthesiologist in Alabama. The exhibit contains material about Dr. McNeal's long career in Chicago prior to coming to Birmingham, as well as a display of several letters that chronicle the creation of this department in the summer of 1948. More about Dr. McNeal can be found at http://www.anes.uab.edu/alice_mcneal.htm
More about the department's history can be found on the timeline at http://www.anes.uab.edu/timeline.htm

HISTORY LECTURES 2007-2008
[previous lectures are here]

These lectures are held in the department's lecture hall
on the 9th floor of the Jefferson Towers Building in the UAB Medical Center
at 1600-1650 unless otherwise noted. Most of the lectures
are part of the department's Grand Rounds series on Monday afternoons.

“Tiny Dynamo: The Amazing History and Roles of Nitric Oxide in Biology (A Personal Perspective)"

Jack R. Lancaster, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Center for Free Radical Biology

Departments of Anesthesiology, Physiology & Biophysics,

and Environmental Health Sciences
The University of Alabama Birmingham
August 20, 2007

A profile of Dr. Lancaster is here.

“The History of Anesthesia and Anesthesiologists”

Bradley E. Smith, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology Emeritus

Adjunct Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee
January 14, 2008

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Anesthesia History Association 2007
Silver Anniversary Meeting
Nashville, Tennessee, May 3-5

J. Antonio Aldrete, M.D., M.S., "Does Magnesium Produce Anesthesia? Truth or Illusion"

Ray J. Defalque, M.D., "The Introduction of Ether in Paris: New Findings on the Event and F.W. Fisher"

Mark G. Mandabach, M.D., "Early Pediatric Regional Anesthesia: Contributions from Around the World"

A.J. Wright, M.L.S., "Untapped Sources for Anesthesia History”

Abstracts of these papers can be found in the meeting proceedings here.

Anesthesia History Association 2006

*Mark Mandabach, M.D., attended a combined international meeting of the Anesthesia History Association (US), the History of Anaesthesia Society (UK) and the Section on Anesthesia History, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, held in Rochester, Minnesota, June 22-24. While there he presented "The History of Caudal Anesthesia."

*Jason McKeown, M.D., attended a combined international meeting of the Anesthesia History Association (US), the History of Anaesthesia Society (UK) and the Section on Anesthesia History, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, held in Rochester, Minnesota, June 22-24. While there he presented "Abuse, Addiction and Anesthesia."

Mark Mandabach, M.D., Jason McKeown, M.D. & Mrs. Tiffany McKeown
13th Annual Spring Meeting of the Anesthesia History Association
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota June 22-24, 2006

JASON MCKEOWN, M.D., RETURNS FROM CAMBRIDGE A WINNER!

The International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia is held every four years, and the Sixth ISHA was held in Cambridge, England, September 14-18, 2005. A prominent part of this meeting was a competition for the John Bullough Prize. Anyone in anesthesia training on December 31, 2004, could submit an essay for this competition. Authors of the five best papers were invited to Cambridge to present their work before an international panel of judges, who selected the winners at that time. The first place winner, who received a check for 1000 British pounds, was our very own Jason McKeown, M.D., for his paper, "Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870s." This essay will be published in the conference proceedings. Second and third place finishers were from the Mayo Clinic and UCSF respectively. Dr. McKeown has also presented this research at the 2004 ASA annual meeting and at the annual spring meeting of the Anesthesia History Association held here in Birmingham this past April. Congratulations, Dr. McKeown!! --Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., and A.J. Wright, M.L.S. [Tuesday Report 20 September 2005]

Jason McKeown, M.D., in his element in Cambridge!

The following papers were presented by departmental faculty and residents
at the Anesthesia History Association's 12th Annual Spring Meeting
April 7, 2005
Birmingham, Alabama

*Aldrete JA, Auad OA, Gutierrez VP, Wright AJ. Alberto Gutierrez, The “Hanging Drop” and Beyond

*Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Travers vs. Wilde: Chloroform Acquitted

*Mandabach MG. Gaston Labat and the first ASRA: Lessons Learned and Unanswered Questions

*McKeown J. Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's

*Sparrow J, Mandabach MG. The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium

*Swanson GA. Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848

*Watson R, Wright AJ. Anesthesia as Women’s Work: The Historical Role of the Female Anesthetist

*Wright AJ. Famous Writers and Anesthetic Agents

Resident History Projects

Maurice S. Albin, M.D., M.Sc. Award
for Outstanding Resident Research in Anesthesia History
Annual Winners

Anesthesiology Journal Club
July 31, 2007

All faculty and residents are invited to join Chris Spain (Baxter) in the Ireland Room, 3rd floor, Lister Hill Library on Tuesday, July 31, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Mike Flannery, M.L.S., M.A., Associate Director for UAB Historical Collections, will provide tours of the Reynolds Historical Library and the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences. Wine and cheese and a private viewing of the museum exhibits will also precede the dinner program, which begins at 7:00 p.m. This year the dinner program is entitled: “Halothane Hepatitis and the Anesthesia-Alzheimer Disease Link: A look at past and present mysteries in the scientific literature and lay press.” Presented by Mark G. Mandabach, M.D., Douglas L. Hester, M.D. and Matthew E. Atkins,M.D., this low-key event will focus on current as well as past events in anesthesiology through professional journal articles and the lay press. This event is the annual history journal club of the department’s Section on the History of Anesthesia.

Anesthesiology Journal Club
Doug Hester, M.D.
"Brain Death Past and Present"
Reynolds Historical Library
and
Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences
Ireland Room, 3^rd Floor, Lister Hill Library
May 18, 2006
6:00-9:00 pm

"The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium"
Jim Sparrow, M.D.
Academic Project Presentation
Faculty Advisor: Mark G. Mandabach, M.D.
March 27, 2006

"The History of Hypnosis in Anesthesia"
Jim Leifeste, M.D.
Academic Project Presentation
Faculty Advisor: Jason McKeown, M.D.
February 20, 2006
Jim Leifeste, M.D., won the 2006 Albin Award for Outstanding Resident Research in the History of Anesthesia for this project.

"Anesthesia as Women's Work: The Historical Role of the Female Anesthetist"
Rob Watson, M.D.
Academic Project Presentation
Faculty Advisor: A. J. Wright, M.L.S
August 15, 2005

Anesthesiology Journal Club
Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
Jim Sparrow, M.D. [residents]
"The Rapid Rise and Fall of Rapacuronium"
Reynolds Historical Library
Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences
Ireland Room, 3^rd Floor, Lister Hill Library
February 10, 2005

ASA Poster Presentations

Jason McKeown, M.D.
"Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's"
ASA Las Vegas
October 25, 2004

Jason McKeown, M.D. and his ASA poster

DR. JASON MCKEOWN IS HEADED TO CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND!

The Sixth International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia, held every four years, is scheduled for September 14-18, 2005, in Cambridge, England. Part of this meeting will be a competition for the John Bullough Prize. Anyone in anesthesia training on December 31, 2004, could submit an essay for this competition. Authors of the five best papers were to be invited to Cambridge to present their work before an international panel of judges, who will select the winner at that time. The winner will receive a check for 1000 British pounds. Recently our own Jason McKeown, M.D., was notified that he has been selected as one of the five finalists for his paper, "Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870s." Dr. McKeown has also presented this research at the 2004 ASA annual meeting and at the recent annual spring meeting of the Anesthesia History Association here in Birmingham. Congratulations, Dr. McKeown!! --Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., and A.J. Wright, M.L.S.

George A. Swanson, M.D., Maurice S. Albin, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S., Kamara A. Savage, B.S.
"Military Opposition and Religious Objections to Anesthetics, 1846-1848"
ASA Las Vegas
October 25, 2004

George A. Swanson, M.D. and his ASA poster

Dr. and Mrs. George Swason, Dr. Maurice Albin, and Dr. and Mrs. Jason McKeown
ASA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, October 2004

Jason McKeown, M.D.
"Koller and Halsted at the University of Vienna in the 1870's"
Academic Project Presentation
May 13, 2004

George Swanson, M.D.
"Early Opposition to Inhaled Anesthesia"
Academic Project Presentation
Faculty Advisor: Maurice Albin, M.D.
March 4, 2004

Anesthesiology Journal Club
Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S.
Jennifer Dollar, M.D., Noah Bunker, M.D., Hunter Reynolds, M.D. [residents]
"Who Was First? Long? Wells? Morton?"
Reynolds Historical Library
Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences
Ireland Room, 3^rd Floor, Lister Hill Library
March 18, 2004

Anesthesiology Journal Club.
Nabil Ali, M.D., Maurice Albin, M.D., Mark Mandabach, M.D., A.J. Wright, M.L.S.,
Jason McKeown, M.D., Jeff Manning, M.D. [residents]
"Two Cases of Paralysis Following Spinal Anesthesia: The Woolley and Roe Case,"
Reynolds Historical Library
Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences
Ireland Room, 3^rd Floor, Lister Hill Library
April 22, 2003

Residents cavorting at the April 22 journal club include Drs. Gene Acupan, Jenny Dollar, Allen Gustin, John Hamilton, Jeff Manning, Scot Margolies, Jason McKeown, Donald Moore, Andrea Parde, Randy Robbins and Travis Slade.

"John B. Porter, M.D., U.S. Army Medical Corps:
Shaping the Early Bias Against Anesthetics in the Surgery of Gunshot Wounds in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)"
George Swanson, M.D. and Maurice Albin, M.D.
29th Annual Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Residents' Research Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
March 14-16, 2003

Chuck Mason, M.D.
"History of Anesthesia"
Academic Project Presentation
March 27, 2001

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2007-Journal Publications

Wright AJ. From the literature. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 2007 April; 25(2): 16-17

Wright AJ. This month in anesthesia history. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 2007 April; 25(2): 18-20

Wright AJ. This month in anesthesia history. Bulletin of Anesthesia History 2007 January; 25(1): 15-16

2007-Abstracts

Aldrete JA. Does Magnesium Produce Anesthesia? Truth or Illusion. Anesthesia History Association 14^th Annual Spring Meeting, Nashville TN, May 3-5, 2007. Abstract volume here.

Defalque RJ. The Introduction of Ether in Paris: New Findings on the Event and F.W. Fisher. Anesthesia History Association 14^th Annual Spring Meeting, Nashville TN, May 3-5, 2007. Abstract volume here.

Mandabach MG. Early Pediatric Regional Anesthesia: Contributions from Around the World. Anesthesia History Association 14^th Annual Spring Meeting, Nashville TN, May 3-5, 2007. Abstract volume here.

Wright AJ. Untapped Sources for Anesthesia History. Anesthesia History Association 14^th Annual Spring Meeting, Nashville TN, May 3-5, 2007. Abstract volume here.