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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Ironbridge, England

1 entries published in this place. (Ironbridge, GB)

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1824

#5647

A letter on suspended animation, containing experiments showing that it may be safely employed during operations on animals, with a view of ascertaining its probable utility in surgical operations on the human subject.

HICKMAN, Henry Hill (1800 – 1830)
HICKMAN, Henry Hill (1800 – 1830)

Hickman was the first to prove that the pain of surgical operations could be abolished by the inhalation of a gas. He rendered animals unconscious, first through partial asphyxiation by the exclusion of air, then by i…