Publications on the history of anaesthesia
Historical Notes on Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Dr C. M. Ball and Dr R. N. Westhorpe
AU$66 (incl. GST and postage within Australia)
“When 100% nitrous oxide, leather straps, the restraining influence of members of the Guy’s rugby team and ethyl chloride sprayed on the mouth pack had all failed to subdue a 20 stone brewer’s drayman from the Borough, the anaesthetic registrar would be called on to give a quick shot of thiopentone – and peace reigned immediately. Why should not peace reign all the time, I wondered”.
Sykes P. History of the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry. In: Barr AM, Boulton TB, Wilkinson DJ, eds. Essays on the history of anaesthesia. London: The Royal Society of Medicine Press 1996. p. 191-195.
This hardcover book is 288 pages long, including references and an index and is comprised of cover notes published in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care from 1989 to 2011, detailing the history of anaesthesia and anaesthetic equipment. Read how anaesthesia became what it is today, from the first anaesthetic and the developments over the years. Learn about the controversies, failures and experiments along the way and the stories behind the discoveries. Copies can be ordered at the Australian Society of Anaesthetists website.
A History of Anaesthesia Through Postage Stamps
Dr Alistair McKenzie RRP £9.50 Available from Amazon and other online booksellers The Development of Inhalation Anaesthesia
Dr John Snow (1813-1858) His Early Years
Dr Spence Galbraith £15 (£12 to members of the John Snow Society) Contact Hannah Burke at johnsnowsociety@riph.org.uk Ether Day
Julie M. Fenster RRP $24 Available from Amazon and other online booksellers Memoirs of Dr Samuel Guthrie and the History of the Discovery of Chloroform and the Discovery of Anaesthesia by Henry M. Lyman
O. Guthrie and H. M. Lyman RRP £8.66 Available from Amazon and other online booksellers Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia
Victory Over Pain - A History of Anesthesia
Dr Victor Robinson Used copies available from Amazon and other online booksellers | Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How Anaesthetics Changed the World
Stephanie J. Snow RRP £9.99 Available from Amazon and other online booksellers Diary of a Doctor. Surgeon's Assistant in Newcastle upon tyne 1826-1829.
Edited by Alastair Johnson £6.99 Publications, City Library, Princess Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1DX Essays on the History of Anaesthesia
Edited by Marshall Barr, Thomas Boulton and David Wilkinson £10 + p&p Contact Dr Anne Florence gasflo@btinternet.com Henry Hill Hickman
Operations Without pain. The Practice and Science of Anaesthesia in Victorian Britain
Stephanie J. Snow RRP £65 (hardback) Available from Amazon and other online booksellers Tarnished Idol. William T. G. Morton and the Introduction of Surgical Anesthesia
Richard J. Wolfe $125 orders@jnorman.com Review by Dr David Zuck - extracted from Proceedings Volume 30 Wood Library-Museum Store
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