The History of Anesthesiology Reprint Series: Part 4 – Signs and Stages of Anesthesia.

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Part Four published in 1974.

Signs and Stages of Anesthesia

To render one insensible to surgical pain was a long sought blessing, but it soon became evident that the agents producing this could also - when not adminstered properly - produce death. Patient safety was greatly enhanced by these early efforts noting the signs and stages of ether anesthesia. 
Included are:

Francis Plomley, Operations upon the Eye, January, 1847.

John Snow, On the Inhalation of the Vapour of Ether in Surgical Operation, September, 1847.

Arthur E. Guedel, The Third Stage Ether Anesthesia, April, 1920.

Albert H. Miller, Ascending Respiratory Paralysis under General Anesthesia, January, 1925.

Catalog Record: The History of Anesthesiology Reprint Series: Part 4 – Signs and Stages of Anesthesia. Access Key: ajvb

Title: The history of anesthesiology reprint series : part four : signs and stages of anesthesia.

Author: Plomley, Francis.
Author: Snow, John, 1813-1858.
Author: Matas, Rudolph, 1860-1957.
Author: Jonnesco, Thomas, 1860-1926.

Corporate Author: Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.

Call Number: WO 211 M W85 1974

Publisher: Park Ridge, Illinois : Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, ©1974.

Physical Description: 4 parts (in one portfolio) ; 23 cm.

Subject: Anesthesia, Inhalation – history.
Subject: Anesthesia – methods.
Subject: Anesthesia – diagnosis.

Series Title: The history of anesthesiology reprint series
Series Number: part 4.

Alt. Title: Signs and stages of anesthesia.
Alt. Title: Operations upon the eye / Francis Plomley.
Alt. Title: On the inhalation of the vapour of ether in surgical operations … / by John Snow.
Alt. Title: Third stage ether anesthesia … / Arthur E. Guedel.
Alt. Title: Ascending respiratory paralysis under general anesthesia / Albert H. Miller.

Content Notes: [1] Ascending respiratory paralysis under general anesthesia / Albert H. Miller, 1925 — [2] On the inhalation of the vapour of ether in surgical operations … / by John Snow, 1847 — [3] Operations upon the eye / Francis Plomley, 1847 — [4] Third stage ether anesthesia … / Arthur E. Guedel, 1920.

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