Biographical notes
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART 1: ANAESTHESIA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS
1. In the beginning
2. Local anaesthesia: Karl Koller, Sigmund Freud and
cocaine
3. Entering the 20th century
PART 2: PROFESSIONALISM IN ANAESTHESIA: THE RELUNCTANT
UNIVERSITIES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
4. Ralph Waters pursues a vision (and succeeds)
5. The Morris Motor Company and the origins of academic
anaesthesia in the UK
6. The impact of the Second World War
7. Henry Beecher, John Bonica and the treatment of pain
8. Curare: the Indian arrow poison
9. Spasms and convulsions: the role of curare
10. Curare transforms anaesthesia
PART 3: NEW HORIZONS: THE SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND OF ANAESTHESIA
AND THE ENERGENCE OF INTENSIVE CARE
11. 'Physiological trespass': the reduction of surgical bleeding
and the control of other body systems
12. The anaesthetist and the fever hospital
13. From poliomyelitis to intensive care
14. The tools of intensive care: mechanical ventilators and
blood gas analysis
15. Anaesthesia for surgery of the heart
16. Resuscitation of the apparently dead
17. The search for a better inhalation agent
18. The pursuit of safety
19. The fast track: sedation and day-case surgery
PART 4: THE RELIEF OF PAIN IN CHILDBIRTH AND THE CARE OF THE
NEWBORN
20. Pain relief for the woman in labour
21. Anaesthesia for obstetric procedures in the UK
22. Virginia Apgar and the care of the newborn
PART 5: ANAESTHESIA YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
23. Anaesthesia yesterday, today and tomorrow
Keith Sykes: Born in England 1925. Medical
education at Magdalene College, Cambridge 1944-46, and University
College Hospital (UCH), London 1946-49. House physician and surgeon
posts at UCH and Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals 1949-50, followed by
service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army of the Rhine
1950-52. Anaesthetic training at UCH 1952-58, with one-year
Fellowship in Anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
1954-55. Extensive travel within the USA and Canada funded by a
Rickman Godlee Travelling Sponsorship, UCH Medical School.
Appointed Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Consultant Anaesthetist at
the Postgraduate Medical School and the Hammersmith Hospital,
London 1958, Clinical Reader 1967-70 and Professor of Clinical
Anaesthesia 1970-80. Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, and
Fellow, Pembroke College, University of Oxford 1980-91. Honorary
Fellow, Pembroke College, Oxford 1996. Consultant adviser in
Anaesthetics to the Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and
Social Security 1986-92. Knight Bachelor 1991. Extensive overseas
lecture tours to USA, South America, Australasia, South Africa, Far
East and Europe, and author of papers and books on respiratory
failure, clinical measurement and monitoring, and respiratory
problems in intensive care.
John P Bunker: Graduated from Harvard University
College and Medical School, and trained in anaesthesia at George
Washington School of Medicine and at the Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston. Was on the Anesthesia Faculty from 1960-1989,
where he was Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia from
1960-1972. Visiting Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine,
Harvard Medical School 1973-75. Acting Director, Centre for the
Analysis of Health Practices, Harvard School of Public Health
1974-75. Professor of Family, Community and Preventative Medicine,
Stanford University School of medicine 1976-88. He was held
visiting professorships at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School
of Public Health, Westminster Hospital Medical School, London and
University College London Medical School. He is a recipient of
Fellowships from the National Institutes of Health, the
Commonwealth Fund, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the
Henry J Kaiser Foundation. He is an author and editor of books on
anaesthesia, surgery and health policy.
John Sprigge, British Journal of AnaesthesiaThe breadth and depth of this book is impressive, and you can read it cover to cover (...) it shows that what patients and their anaesthetists now enjoy has not been achieved overnight, but is the result of diligent endeavour and research over many years.Derwent Swaine, Medical Sciences History vol. 23The strengths of this book are the way in which the sheer excitement of the very rapid development of this field is conveyed to the reader. It becomes a "page turner" in which one can't wait to find out what happens next. The skill with which the authors have combined first-rate storytelling with rigorous descriptions of the science behind it is remarkable; they also remind us of the personalities and politics involved. The accompanying pictures and illustrations are excellent and always very pertinent. In summary, this is a book to be read and re-read.
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