The most important demonstration in medical history was about to begin. The date: October 16, 1846. The setting: the ...

Unlike the anesthetists of yesteryears, who utilized a single agent like ether or chloroform alone for anesthesia, the present day anesthetists use different drugs for specific effects. This helps ...

An anesthesia machine designed by Dr. Raphaël Dubois, built by Charles Verdin (1884), displayed as part of the exhibition 'Once Upon a Time, Anesthesia,' at the Museum of the History of Medicine, ...

The use of the anesthetic agents ether and chloroform was first described in the 1840s by American physicians Crawford Long, William Morton, William Edward Clarke and James Simpson, but anesthesia was ...

Anesthesia has played an integral role in medicine since the first successful surgical procedure was performed with anesthesia in 1846. However, the exact way anesthesia affects the brain is still not ...

The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology in Park Ridge, Ill., has embarked on a project that will digitize its anesthesia library and museum, according to a release. The Wood Library-Museum of ...

A recent neuropsychological evaluation diagnosis impugned several controversial theories about anesthesia and cognitive decline. As a medicinal therapy to relieve pain and brain dysfunction, ...

"Doctor, will you give me Chloroform or Anesthesia?" This is the often-repeated query by many patients about to undergo an operation. Little do they know that chloroform became obsolete decades ago.