1848 CHANNING, Walter (1786 – 1876)

A treatise on etherization in childbirth.

Channing was an early advocate of anesthesia in obstetrics. In his book, and in several earlier papers, he brought the importance of this branch of anesthesia into the foreground.

GMN 5661 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7304

1902 STEINBÜCHEL, Richard von (1862 – 1952)

Vorläufige Mittheilung über die Anwendung von Skopolamin-Morphium-Injecktionen in der Geburtshilfe.

“Twilight sleep”.

GMN 6210 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7608

1906 GAUSS, Carl Joseph (1875 – 1957)

Geburten in künstlichem Dämmerschlaf.

“Twilight sleep”. Gauss developed the method introduced by Steinbüchel (No. 6210).

GMN 6212 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7619

1915 LYNCH, Frank Worthington (1871 – 1945)

Eutocia by means of nitrous oxide gas analgesia; a safe substitute for the Freiburg method.

GMN 6218 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7634

1921 PAGÉS, Fidel [PAGÉS MIRAVÉ] (1886 – 1923)

Anestesia metamérica.

Introduction of epidural anesthesia.

GMN 5702 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6409

1934 MINNITT, Robert James (1889 – 1974)

A new technique for the self-administration of gas-air analgesia in labour.

Introduction of the “Minnitt apparatus”.

GMN 6228 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7660