Anaesthesia and the practice of medicine : historical perspectives /: historical perspectives. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keith Sykes, John P. Bunker.
• Authors: Sykes, M. K; Bunker, John P
• Contents: Biographical notes ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; PART 1: ANAESTHESIA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS ; 1. In the beginning ; 2. Local anaesthesia: Karl Koller, Sigmund Freud and cocaine ; 3. Entering the 20th century ; PART 2: PROFESSIONALISM IN ANAESTHESIA: THE RELUNCTANT UNIVERSITIES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR ; 4. Ralph Waters pursues a vision (and succeeds) ; 5. The Morris Motor Company and the origins of academic anaesthesia in the UK ; 6. The impact of the Second World War ; 7. Henry Beecher, John Bonica and the treatment of pain ; 8. Curare: the Indian arrow poison ; 9. Spasms and convulsions: the role of curare ; 10. Curare transforms anaesthesia ; PART 3: NEW HORIZONS: THE SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND OF ANAESTHESIA AND THE ENERGENCE OF INTENSIVE CARE ; 11. 'Physiological trespass': the reduction of surgical bleeding and the control of other body systems ; 12. The anaesthetist and the fever hospital ; 13. From poliomyelitis to intensive care ; 14. The tools of intensive care: mechanical ventilators and blood gas analysis ; 15. Anaesthesia for surgery of the heart ; 16. Resuscitation of the apparently dead ; 17. The search for a better inhalation agent ; 18. The pursuit of safety ; 19. The fast track: sedation and day-case surgery ; PART 4: THE RELIEF OF PAIN IN CHILDBIRTH AND THE CARE OF THE NEWBORN ; 20. Pain relief for the woman in labour ; 21. Anaesthesia for obstetric procedures in the UK ; 22. Virginia Apgar and the care of the newborn ; PART 5: ANAESTHESIA YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW ; 23. Anaesthesia yesterday, today and tomorrow
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 617.9609; Anesthesia -- History; Anesthesiology -- History; Medicine -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000515411
• Related ISBNs: 9781000515374; 9781003229186
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