Anaesthesia And The Practice Of Medicine Historical Perspectives
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Anaesthesia And The Practice Of Medicine Historical Perspectives
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Author : Keith Sykes
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2021-08-20
Anaesthesia And The Practice Of Medicine Historical Perspectives written by Keith Sykes and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-20 with Medical categories.
Written by two anaesthetists, one British and one American, this unique book focuses on the transatlantic story of anaesthesia. The authors have both worked at the two hospitals where the first general anaesthetics for surgery were given in 1846, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and University College Hospital, London. Each with more than fifty years' experience of working in anaesthesia, they combine their knowledge and expertise to offer a fresh outlook on the development of anaesthesia through the ages. This highly informative and intriguing text details the origins of anaesthesia, outlines the different techniques of anaesthesia and traces its progress with illuminating and enlightening commentaries. This is a fascinating book which considers the role key figures have played in developing anaesthesia including, Queen Victoria, William Morris, La Condamine, Bjorn Ibsen and Henry Beecher. Broken down into four sections, which are divided into easy-to-read chapters and filled with top quality photographs, this book makes compelling reading. It is recommended to all those interested in the history and development of medicine through the ages, and is of particular interest to anaesthetists. More than just the science of anaesthesia, this is the story about the people and personalities who have made anaesthesia what it is today.
Anaesthesia A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Aidan O'Donnell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-26
Anaesthesia A Very Short Introduction written by Aidan O'Donnell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-26 with Medical categories.
What do anaesthetists do? How does anaesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anaesthetist know if you are really asleep? Anaesthesia is a mysterious and sometimes threatening process. In this Very Short Introduction, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour through the whole of the modern anaesthetic practice. He begins by explaining general anaesthesia: what it is, how it is produced, and how it differs from natural sleep and other forms of unconsciousness. He goes on to consider the main categories of anaesthetic drugs, including anaesthetic vapours, intravenous agents, muscle relaxants, and analgesics, together with explanations of how they work and what their purpose is. Set against the historical background of anaesthetic and surgical practice, O'Donnell examines the large role anaesthetists play in specialised areas such as intensive care medicine, pain medicine, and childbirth; and finally, he considers the risks of anaesthesia, putting in to context that anaesthesia is a very safe process. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Blessed Days Of Anaesthesia
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Author : Stephanie J. Snow
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-09-10
Blessed Days Of Anaesthesia written by Stephanie J. Snow and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with History categories.
Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one of the greatest inventions for humanity since the printing press, anaesthesia offered pain-free operations, childbirth with reduced suffering, and instant access to the world beyond consciousness. And yet, upon its introduction, Victorian medics, moralists, clergymen, and scientists, were plunged into turmoil. This vivid and engaging account of the early days of anaesthesia unravels some key moments in medical history: from Humphry Davy's early experiments with nitrous oxide and the dramas that drove the discovery of ether anaesthesia in America, to the outrage provoked by Queen Victoria's use of chloroform during the birth of Prince Leopold. And there are grisly ones too: frequent deaths, and even notorious murders. Interweaved throughout the story, a fascinating social change is revealed. For anaesthesia caused the Victorians to rethink concepts of pain, sexuality, and the links between mind and body. From this turmoil, a profound change in attitudes began to be realised, as the view that physical suffering could, and should, be prevented permeated through society, most tellingly at first in prisons and schools where pain was used as a method of social control. In this way, the discovery of anaesthesia left not only a medical and scientific legacy that changed the world, but a compassionate one too.
The History Of Anaesthesia
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Author : Richard Stuart Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press
Release Date : 1989
The History Of Anaesthesia written by Richard Stuart Atkinson and has been published by Royal Society of Medicine Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Anesthesia categories.
Total Intravenous Anaesthesia
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Author : Ian Smith
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1998-03-09
Total Intravenous Anaesthesia written by Ian Smith and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-09 with Medical categories.
The availability of the intravenous anaesthetic proposal has opened the doors to the widespread use of total intravenous anaesthesia, one of the newest departures in anaesthesia. This is a straightforward, accessible introduction to the basic concepts provides definitions, historical perspectives, basic principles, and an overview of the drugs, their interactions, and the equipment used.
Blessed Days Of Anaesthesia
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Author : Stephanie J. Snow
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009
Blessed Days Of Anaesthesia written by Stephanie J. Snow and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one of the greatest inventions for humanity since the printing press, anaesthesia offered pain-free operations, childbirth with reduced suffering, and instant access to the world beyond consciousness. And yet, upon its introduction, Victorian medics, moralists, clergymen, and scientists, were plunged into turmoil. This vivid and engaging account of the early days of anaesthesia unravels some key moments in medical history: from Humphry Davy's early experiments with nitrous oxide and the dramas that drove the discovery of ether anaesthesia in America, to the outrage provoked by Queen Victoria's use of chloroform during the birth of Prince Leopold. And there are grisly ones too: frequent deaths, and even notorious murders. Interweaved throughout the story, a fascinating social change is revealed. For anaesthesia caused the Victorians to rethink concepts of pain, sexuality, and the links between mind and body. From this turmoil, a profound change in attitudes began to be realised, as the view that physical suffering could, and should, be prevented permeated through society, most tellingly at first in prisons and schools where pain was used as a method of social control. In this way, the discovery of anaesthesia left not only a medical and scientific legacy that changed the world, but a compassionate one too.
A Short History Of Anaesthesia
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Author : Geoffrey B. Rushman
language : en
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Release Date : 1996
A Short History Of Anaesthesia written by Geoffrey B. Rushman and has been published by Butterworth-Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Medical categories.
The exciting developments since the 1840s have been professionally collated in this historical textbook. The 1870s saw advances in the surgical care of patients, of which anaesthesia played a pre-eminent part, as did other advances such as antisepsis. These were part of an explosion of new science and technology, altering forever the direction of progress in medicine.
The Wondrous Story Of Anesthesia
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Author : Edmond I Eger II
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-09-14
The Wondrous Story Of Anesthesia written by Edmond I Eger II and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-14 with Medical categories.
Edited and written by an international "who's who" of more than 100 authors, including anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, bench scientists, a surgeon, and representatives of industry, this text provides a comprehensive history of anesthesia, unique in its focus on the people and events that shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.
Operations Without Pain The Practice And Science Of Anaesthesia In Victorian Britain
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Author : S. Snow
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-12-16
Operations Without Pain The Practice And Science Of Anaesthesia In Victorian Britain written by S. Snow and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-16 with Science categories.
The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. This book uses new information from John Snow's casebooks and London hospital archives to revise many of the existing historical assumptions about the early history of surgical anaesthesia. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate and geographical difference, Stephanie Snow shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine.
Gases In Medicine
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Author : Eric Brian Smith
language : en
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Release Date : 1998
Gases In Medicine written by Eric Brian Smith and has been published by Royal Society of Chemistry this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Medical categories.
There have been many developments in anaesthesia since Joseph Priestley discovered nitrous oxide. Covering new anaesthetics, the molecular and cellular mechanisms of anaesthesia and the non-hypnotic effects of anaesthetics and other medical gases, Gases in Medicine combines reviews of current research from both academic and clinical perspectives and provides an historical framework in which this research may be placed. Encompassing a wide range of topics including intravenous anaesthetics, neural processes and the 1997 Priestley Lecture on nitric oxide, this book offers an accessible summary of anaesthesia along with the current best research. Also included is the BOC Centenary Lecture, which gives a perspective on anaesthesia for the 21st century. This book will be welcomed by readers in academia and medicine as an illustration of the diversity of research into anaesthesia and the associated history of this fascinating subject.