Today’s Find: A.J. Wright, “Humphry Davy’s Small Circle of Bristol Friends” in the “Middle East J Anesthesiology” 13(3):233-279, 1995 tinyurl.com/knnc7mnv #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory #humphrydavy #thomasbeddoes

1883 Oct 9: Ralph M. Waters was born. With his work at the Univ of Wisconsin he became known as the "Father" of academic anesthesia in the U.S. tinyurl.com/bjgl9de He died 19 Dec 1979 tinyurl.com/27nh4pt2 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today's Find: Newspaper article 9 Oct 1887 "Burglars & Chloroform" tinyurl.com/wzqxl8d "Burglars Do Not Use It" #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1894 Oct 7: Physician Oliver Wendell Holmes died. In a Nov 1846 letter to William Morton he suggested the word "anaesthesia" for the effect of ether inhalation for surgery bit.ly/1086ZeF & tinyurl.com/ybk9u5v4 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: One of my articles, “See You in the Funny Papers: Anesthesia in Cartoons & Comics” Int Cong Series, 2002, pp 547-551 tinyurl.com/48dcm7bh #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory #medicalcartoons #medicalcomics

2006 Oct 6: Expert in pediatric anesthesia etc C. Ronald Stephen died tinyurl.com/pfaokvt Also prominent in the anesthesia history community & certainly a mentor to me on that subject #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: 3 Oct 1885 newspaper article on “Ancient Anaesthetics” tinyurl.com/ybnh2mxg #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1885 Sept 27: Newspaper item "Curiosities of Local Anaesthesia" About two items in the Sept 19 issue of the "New York Medical Journal" #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1888 Sept 26: Poet T.S. Eliot was born "Like a patient etherized upon a table" said his character Prufrock tinyurl.com/6p8hb Eliot died 4 Jan 1965 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1881 Oct 15: English author P.G. Wodehouse born. His novel “Laughing Gas” involves inhalation hijinks in a dental office bit.ly/1wXROzw #OTD He died 14 Feb 1975. Cover shown is first UK edition published 25 Sept 1936 #dentalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today's Find: 1888 12 June long newspaper item "Indian Arrow Poison" tinyurl.com/y7a8zkgw The exotic curare #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory The "flying death" in the O.R.: tinyurl.com/3xc6vurc

1939 Sept 23: Sigmund Freud died. Did extensive research w/Karl Koller on cocaine #histmed #OTD tinyurl.com/4fv9yauj Did some other stuff too tinyurl.com/ye22xk6k #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1866 Sept 21: H.G. Wells was born. His story "Under the Knife" describes the narrator's experience w/chloroform anesthesia tinyurl.com/89zavxe He died 13 Aug 1946 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1854 Sept 20: Crimean War began with the Battle of Alma. First conflict in which anesthetics were used extensively; ether had been used briefly in the U.S.-Mexican War tinyurl.com/n88p5kv #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1885 Sept 27: Newspaper item "Curiosities of Local Anaesthesia" About two items in the Sept 19 issue of the "New York Medical Journal" #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today's Find: 16 Sept 1902 newspaper item on anesthesia by carotid artery compression in Java "The method is absolutely harmless." tinyurl.com/ycqhezyf #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1884 Sept 15: Colleague reported at a medical meeting in Heidelberg about Karl Koller's successful use of cocaine for local anesthesia tinyurl.com/5n6bcfz3 #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

1914 Sept 14: Newspaper article noting that in San Francisco "Mother Tells of New Modern Miracle that Produces Painless Birth" i.e., "twilight sleep" w/scopolamine tinyurl.com/yb3ewbwg #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: Anesthesia History Calendar tinyurl.com/2s3badwm [PDF] I’ve also made this resource available at the Internet Archive tinyurl.com/5n857wpy #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory

Today’s Find: Item in the Perth [Australia] Inquirer 24 May 1848 describing an amputation & tooth removal operations under chloroform tinyurl.com/ybv8n9sw #histmed #medicalhistory #anesthesiahistory