1956 JOHNSTONE, Michael William

The human cardiovascular response to fluothane.

Clinical introduction of halothane (“fluothane”).

GMN 5729.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6479

1956 RAVENTÓS I GAVIDÀ, Jaume (1905 – 1982); SUCKLING, Charles Walter (1920 – 2013)

The action of fluothane–a new volatile anaesthetic.

Halothane (“fluothane”) a non-inflammable and non-irritant anesthetic, was synthesized by C. W. Suckling at the I.C.I. Laboratories in Manchester.

GMN 5729.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6482

1965 VELLARD, Jehan Albert (1901 – 1996)

Histoire du curare. Les poisons de chasse en Amérique du Sud.

GMN 2068.8 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2403

1965 COLE, Frank (1909 – )

Milestones in anesthesia. Readings in the development of surgical anesthesia, 1665-1940.

First-hand accounts of discoveries and advances in anesthesia.

GMN 5733.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6498

1965 KEYS, Thomas Edward (1908 – 1995); FAULCONER, Albert Jr. (1911 – 1985)

Foundations of anesthesiology. 2 vols.

An anthology of 150 papers on anesthesia and related topics, from the 16th century to 1961.

GMN 5733.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7507

1971 RUSSELL, Kenneth Fitzpatrick (1911 – 1987); SIMPSON, Sir James Young (1811 – 1870)

A list of the works of Sir James Young Simpson, 1811-1870: A centenary tribute by K. F. Russell and F. M. C. Forster.

GMN 13181 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15442

1975 THOMAS, Kenneth Bryn (1916 – 1978)

The development of anaesthetic apparatus. A history based on the Charles King Collection of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

GMN 5733.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6504

1982 SMITH, William Denis Ashley (1918 – 2002)

Under the influence. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia.

The most comprehensive work on the subject. Articles reprinted primarily from Brit. J. Anaesth., with new introduction and index.

GMN 5733.4 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6506

1985 PERNICK, Martin S. (1948 – )

A calculus of suffering: Pain, professionalism and anesthesia in nineteenth-century America.

GMN 10054 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12243

1989 ATKINSON, Richard Stuart (1927 – 2000); BOULTON, Tbomas Babington (1925 – 2016)

The history of anesthesia

Proceedings of the 1987 Second International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Over 100 contributors. International Congress and Symposium Series 134.

GMN 5733.41 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6508

1991 MUSHIN, William Woolf (1910 – 1993); RENDELL-BAKER, Leslie (1917 – 2008)

The origins of thoracic anesthesia.

GMN 12363 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14587

1994 WOLFE, Richard J.; MENCZER, Leonard F. (1917 – 1994)

I Awaken to glory: Essays celebrating the sesquicentennial of the discovery of anesthesia by Horace Wells, December 11, 1844–December 11, 1994.

Edited by Wolfe and Menczer. Includes a reproduction of Wells's casebook.

GMN 7647 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9819

1994 SNOW, John (1813 – 1858); ELLIS, Richard H.

The case books of Dr. John Snow. Edited by Richard H. Ellis.

GMN 9860 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12048

1998 BERGMAN, Norman A. (1926 – 1999)

The genesis of surgical anesthesia.

Treats the history of surgical anesthesia from the earliest time through the work of John Snow (1813-1858).

GMN 9774 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11962

2001 MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819 – 1868); WOLFE, Richard J.

Tarnished Idol: William Thomas Green Morton and the introduction of surgical anesthesia. A chronicle of the ether controversy

The most comprehensive biography of Morton, and the most comprehensive account of the ether controversy between Morton and Charles Thomas Jackson.

GMN 6903 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9067

2001 DAVENPORT-HINES, Richard (1953 – )

The pursuit of oblivion: A global history of narcotics.

GMN 10895 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13091

2005 CORTÉS LAÍÑO, Joaquín; FRANCO GRANDE, Avelino; ÁLVAREZ ESCUDERO, Julián

Historia de la anestesia en España. 1847-1940.

GMN 12559 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14798

2007 WOLFE, Richard J.; JACKSON, Charles Thomas (1805 – 1880); PATTERSON, Richard

Charles Thomas Jackson: “The head behind the hands.” Applying science to implement discovery and invention in early nineteenth century America

The first biography of Jackson, the physician and geologist who discoverered of the anesthetic effects of ether, and also played an important role in the discovery of the American electro-magnetic telegraph. Forms a s…

GMN 7646 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9818

2013 WEBSTER, Nigel R.; GALLEY, Helen

Landmark papers in anaesthesia. Edited by Nigel Webster and Helen Galley.

GMN 12391 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14618