The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia

Edmond I Eger II · Lawrence J. Saidman · Rod N. Westhorpe

sept 2013 · Springer Science & Business Media

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Edited and written by an international "who's who" of more than 100 authors, including anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, bench scientists, a surgeon, and representatives of industry, this text provides a comprehensive history of anesthesia, unique in its focus on the people and events that shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.

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Edmond I Eger II, MD

Emeritus Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA, USA

Lawrence J. Saidman, MD

Emeritus Professor

Departments of Anesthesia

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA and

University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Rod Westhorpe, OAM, MB, BS, FRCA, FANZCA

Former Honorary Curator, Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists;

Melbourne, Australia