The David Zuck Memorial Prize of the History of Anaesthesia Society is awarded annually for the best paper or chapter in a book published the preceding year. The nominated item/items must:
1. Be on the history of anaesthesia, resuscitation, intensive care or pain management.
2. Be published in the English language in 2025.
3. Electronic publication is acceptable.
4. E publication ahead of print is acceptable, however, should this result in the electronic version being published in a different year from the print version, the manuscript will only be considered once, and only one version will be considered.
The nominator (if not self-nominated) must provide confirmation that the author has accepted his/her publication being nominated. A maximum of two nominations from any one nominator will be considered.
Nominations should be sent by email to Doug Bacon: doug3312022a@gmail.com
The paper or chapter must be sent as an attachment: word-processed document or PDF. The winner is announced at the History of Anaesthesia Society’s annual scientific meeting.
Previous winners
2023: Dr PJ Featherstone
John Henry Evans, MD: Founding Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Anesthesia Research Society, and a forgotten pioneer of oxygen therapy. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2022; 135(2S): S18-S25.
2022: Dr RP Haridas
John Davies Thomas: Chloroformist in London and pioneer South Australian doctor. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2021; 49 (Issue 1 Suppl): 6-16.
2021: Dr AB Levin, Dr CM Ball and Dr PJ Featherstone
From cholera to COVID-19: How pandemics have shaped the development of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2020; 48 (Issue 3 Suppl): 28-38.
2020: Dr A Keys
Dr Ian Hamilton McDonald, MB BS, DA, FANZCA: The evolution of paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2019; 47 (Issue 3 Suppl): 6-16.
2019: Dr MG Cooper, Ms AC Gebels, Dr RJ Bailey and Dr KM Whish
Unusual Partnerships: The Corfe-McMurdie Anaesthesia Inhaler of 1918 and the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2018; 46 (Issue 1 Suppl): 29-34.
2018: Dr GS Bause
The 2016 Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture: America's Doctor Anaesthetists (1862-1936) - Turning a Tide of Asphyxiating Waves. Journal of Anesthesia History 2017; 3: 12-18.
