The art of anaesthesia . Fig. 3.—Shakespeare. Fig. 4.—Dr. C. W Long, from a crayon drawing made in 1842. (Courtesy of Florence Long Bartow.) Homer, Du Bartas and Shakespeare, Poeta of the pre-anassthetic period who wrote of the use of narcotics for the control of pain. Dr. C. W. Long, of Georgia, who opened the antesthetic period by employing ether, to secure unconsciousness during an operation which he performed in the spring of 1842. 4 ANESTHESIA inhale the fumes of ether for the exhilarating effects. Thispractice sometimes formed the chief entertainment at coun-try parties. These ether frol
The art of anaesthesia . Fig. 3.—Shakespeare. Fig. 4.—Dr. C. W Long, from a crayon drawing made in 1842. (Courtesy of Florence Long Bartow.) Homer, Du Bartas and Shakespeare, Poeta of the pre-anassthetic period who wrote of the use of narcotics for the control of pain. Dr. C. W. Long, of Georgia, who opened the antesthetic period by employing ether, to secure unconsciousness during an operation which he performed in the spring of 1842. 4 ANESTHESIA inhale the fumes of ether for the exhilarating effects. Thispractice sometimes formed the chief entertainment at coun-try parties. These ether frolics probably suggested the useof this agent as an anaesthetic, for during these frolics, thestage of excitement occasionally led to unconsciousness andloss of sensation. A portion of a document, sworn to byone R. H. Goodman of Georgia, shown in Fig. .5, refersto these ether frolics. THE ANAESTHETIC PERIOD(From 1842 to the present time) The proper discovery of anaesthesia involves the namesof four investigators: Crawf
Size: 1342px × 1862px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectanesthe, bookyear1919
