Today’s Find: : French physiologist Pierre Flourens [13 Apr 1794-6 Dec 1867] was an important figure in brain science & anesthesia tinyurl.com/25hak9vx In 1846 this translation of his book on phrenology appeared #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1760 Apr 13: Thoma Beddoes born. Published the first substantial work on nitrous oxide inhalation by humans in 1799. Hired Humphry Davy as research assistant at his Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, England.He died 24 Dec 1808 tinyurl.com/chqd2r2 #anesthesiahistory #medicalhistory #histmed

1821 Apr 9: Charles Baudelaire born in Paris. Wrote on ether & chloroform in his "Poem of Hashish" [1895] Ch.5, "Moral" bit.ly/RGx9xi #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory #nationalpoetrymonth

Today's Find: Newspaper ad by dentists in Washington, D.C. April 9, 1922, noting "Teeth extracted painlessly by the 'Block Anesthesia Method'" tinyurl.com/yccz35ba "Over Pearlman's Book Shop" #histdentistry #dentalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1847 Apr 7: Frances Longfellow, wife of the poet, received ether for the first obstetric anesthetic in the U.S. The anesthesia was administered by Dr. Nathan Cooley Keep tinyurl.com/y23f2s96 See also tinyurl.com/mrx9jn38 #medicalhistory #histmed #anesthesiahistory

1926 April: Last Anesthesia & Analgesia quarterly supplement to the "American Journal of Surgery" published; first in October 1914 tinyurl.com/pwnhyhm Edited by Francis Hoeffer McMechan, one of the founders of modern anesthesiology #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1830 April 5: English physician Henry Hill Hickman died bit.ly/1s9ckfl He tried carbon dioxide as anesthesia in animals #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1805 April 2: Danish writer Hans C. Andersen was born. He witnessed James Young Simpson & others experimenting w/ether while dining at Simpson's in Edinburgh on 17 Aug 1847 tinyurl.com/uvzxugy #medicalhistory #histmed #anesthesiahistory Died 4 Aug 1875

Today's Find: Alabama Yesterdays blog post "Cocaine Comes to Alabama in 1884" tinyurl.com/zbe8bf8 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory #alabama #alabamayesterdays

Today's Find: Alabama Yesterdays blog post "Alice McNeal, MD: Alabama's First Female Anesthesiologist" tinyurl.com/mp7a3ov #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory #BirminghamAlabama #Alabama

Today's Find: Alabama Yesterdays blog post "Early Anesthesia in #Alabama" bit.ly/Ta3f8K #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory #alabamayesterdays

Today’s Find: “Doctor John” is a South Korean medical TV series that ran for 16 episodes in 2019 July 19 until Sept 7 tinyurl.com/8398f8ss Major characters include an anesthesiologist & anesthesia fellow & resident #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1950 March 22: Bernice R. Walters [1 Sept 1912-10 Feb 1975] became the first female physician assigned to a U.S. Navy vessel tinyurl.com/zbrwhn89 She later served as Chief of the Anesthesiology Service, Queen’s Hospital, Hawaii #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: “On Chloroform” reprint of a long article from "Silliman’s Journal” in a Macon, Georgia, USA newspaper 21 Mar 1848 tinyurl.com/y77b3caf #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1944 Mar 21: Ophthalmologist Karl Koller died. In 1884 first to use cocaine as a local anesthetic. Born 3 Dec 1857 tinyurl.com/lw9gzm4 & tinyurl.com/5n6bcfz3 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1843 Mar 21: British Poet Laureate Robert Southey died. In 1799 he participated in the Bristol nitrous oxide experiments w/Thomas Beddoes, Humphry Davy, Peter Mark Roget & others bit.ly/1CI4MIJ #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today's Find: Quistorp's 1718 Latin dissertation "De Anaesthesia" was first translated into English in 1999 by the late Dr. Ray Defalque See Defalque RJ, Wright AJ. Quistorp and "anaesthesia" in 1718. Bull Anesth Hist 2006 Jan;24(1):5-8 bit.ly/1mUG6Vl #anesthesiahistory #medicalhistory

Today's Find: A letter on "Chloroform" by J. Maitland in the "Indian Medical Gazette" March 1893 tinyurl.com/y4rwww8y #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1813 Mar 15: John Snow a giant of anesthesia & epidemiology history was born; he died 16 June 1858 bit.ly/1d1uc7Z #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1815 Nov 1: Crawford Long born in Danielsville, GA bit.ly/1p8Li3m
Used ether for surgical anesthesia in March 1842, delayed reporting it. Died 16 June 1878. He was a cousin of John "Doc" Holliday, dentist, gambler, friend of Wyatt Earp #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: Newspaper article 12 Mar 1949 “King George is Recovering After Operation” tinyurl.com/y9a9kaej He had a lumbar sympathectomy & was under anesthesia for 2 hours #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1847 Mar 11: First ether anesthetic in Latin America by Vincente Antonio de Castro in Havana, Cuba bit.ly/1wjUxaV #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1948 Mar 8: #Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists founded by one female & three male doctors in #Birmingham Woman was Dr. Alice McNeal, state's first female anesthesiologist tinyurl.com/y2v9pu2u & tinyurl.com/y4x7alpu #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today's Find: "Precautions during Anaesthesia" by Henry J. Bigelow in Am J Dent Sci March 1875 tinyurl.com/m52x5v8x Bigelow was a major figure in the early history of anesthesia tinyurl.com/h8w2evws #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today's Find: March 5, 1848 newspaper article about chloroform, reprinted from the Southern Medical Journal [US] tinyurl.com/y7ao86pf #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1913 Jan 18: Actor Danny Kaye born. Repairs a malfunctioning anesthesia machine with a pen in the 1947 film "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" bit.ly/1xAz0Ld #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory He died 3 March 1987

Today’s Find: “Gas! Gas! Gas! Anesthesia History in Early American Newspapers, Pamphlets, & Broadsides” #ReadexReport #histmed ow.ly/AiGm30g7AAW @Readex #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1807 Feb 27: Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born. On 7 Apr 1847 his wife Frances received ether for the first obstetric anesthetic in the U.S. The anesthesia was administered by Dr. Nathan Cooley Keep tinyurl.com/y23f2s96 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

A side view of a metal electrical instrument, likely from the 1920s or 1930s. It consists of various elements on a metal platform. Especially prominent is an electrical motor that turns a large pulley using a leather belt. The pulley runs a rotary pump which is connected to the suction and ether delivery system.

A close view of some of some neat-looking elements at the top of the chamber-- valves, a glass chamber, various interconnections and whatnot.

This ether/ suction machine looks like a prop from a del Toro movie.

I have no idea (beyond the obvious) about how it operates. Any insights appreciated. Not much info out there.

From SickKids Hospital in Toronto.
tinyurl.com/3bsd36sp

#histmed #histsci #anesthesiahistory

1908 Feb 22: At a Physiological Soc of London meeting Augustus D. Waller described his chloroform balance to regulate anesthetic delivery. First device to measure concentrations received by the patient. tinyurl.com/ybxh78eu #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory