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The Pioneer Anaesthetists of Australia

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Extensive investigation of the shipping records in 1847 has shown that the news of anaesthesia came to Australia from England, where the first public demonstration of pain relief took place at University College Hospital, London, on 21 December 1846.

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References

  1. Cartwright FF (1952) The English pioneers of anaesthesia. (Beddoes; Davy; Hickman), Wright, Bristol

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  2. Thomas DJ (1847) On the inhalation of the vapour of aether. Aus Med J (Oct) V: 32

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  1. Dept. of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Joseph Rupreht M.D. (Staff Anaesthesiologist) & Wilhelm Erdmann M.D., Ph.D. (Staff Anaesthesiologist) & 

  2. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Joseph Rupreht M.D. (Staff Anaesthesiologist) (Staff Anaesthesiologist)

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Hospital Rotterdam and Erasmus University Medical Faculty, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Joseph Rupreht M.D. (Staff Anaesthesiologist) (Staff Anaesthesiologist)

  4. Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marius Jan van Lieburg (Medical Historian) (Medical Historian)

  5. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Marius Jan van Lieburg (Medical Historian) (Medical Historian)

  6. 73 Kings Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS08PH, Essex, UK

    John Alfred Lee F.F.A.R.C.S. (Honorary Consulting Anaesthetist to the Southend-on-Sea General Hospital) (Honorary Consulting Anaesthetist to the Southend-on-Sea General Hospital)

  7. Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK

    John Alfred Lee F.F.A.R.C.S. (Honorary Consulting Anaesthetist to the Southend-on-Sea General Hospital) (Honorary Consulting Anaesthetist to the Southend-on-Sea General Hospital)

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Wilson, G. (1985). The Pioneer Anaesthetists of Australia. In: Rupreht, J., van Lieburg, M.J., Lee, J.A., Erdmann, W. (eds) Anaesthesia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69636-7_13

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