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1860–1910: The Specialty of Anesthesia Develops Slowly

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The discovery of anesthesia ultimately enabled remarkable advances in surgical care, but did not immediately change operations. At first, surgeons still pulled teeth, managed injuries, amputated limbs, and performed brief operations requiring momentary but deep levels of anesthesia. So the anesthetist drove the level of anesthesia down and then allowed it to “bounce” up, the surgeon operating at deeper levels of anesthesia. Further advances required improvements.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, 94143-0464, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Edmond I Eger II

  2. Departments of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Lawrence J. Saidman

  3. Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Rod N. Westhorpe

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    Edmond I Eger II MD Emeritus Professor

  2. Departments of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Lawrence J. Saidman MD Emeritus Professor

  3. Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Rod N. Westhorpe OAM, MB, BS FRCA, FANZCA Former Honorary Curator

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Eger II, E., Saidman, L., Westhorpe, R. (2014). 1860–1910: The Specialty of Anesthesia Develops Slowly. In: Eger II, E., Saidman, L., Westhorpe, R. (eds) The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8441-7_5

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