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MDElliottMD (talk | contribs) Build Category:Anesthetics: history-first MedCategory page. Ether Day 1846 (Morton, Warren, Long, Wells), chloroform (Simpson 1847, Snow, Queen Victoria), local (Koller 1884), twentieth-century intravenous (thiopental 1934, propofol 1980s) and modern inhalational (halothane 1956, sevo/iso/des) agents, Griffith 1942 curare into anesthesia, balanced anesthesia. 3 verbatim Pendell Poeia quotes pp 83/84/86 (Q2 contains two verbatim em-dashes inside the quote, per the verbatim-quote exception). 40... |
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A third strand made modern surgery possible: the use of medicines to relax or | A third strand made modern surgery possible: the use of medicines to relax or | ||
paralyse the muscles. In 1942 the anesthetist Harold Griffith introduced | paralyse the muscles. In 1942 the anesthetist Harold Griffith introduced | ||
curare, long known as a South American arrow poison, into anesthetic practice, | [[Curare|curare]], long known as a South American arrow poison, into anesthetic practice, | ||
so that surgical muscle relaxation could be achieved without deepening | so that surgical muscle relaxation could be achieved without deepening | ||
unconsciousness to dangerous levels.<ref name="griffith">Sykes K. Harold Griffith Memorial Lecture. The Griffith legacy. ''Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia''. 1993 Apr;40(4):365-74. PMID: 8485797.</ref> These agents, the | unconsciousness to dangerous levels.<ref name="griffith">Sykes K. Harold Griffith Memorial Lecture. The Griffith legacy. ''Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia''. 1993 Apr;40(4):365-74. PMID: 8485797.</ref> These agents, the | ||