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Open drop ether anaesthesia had a well-earned reputation for safety, provided one avoided respiratory depressant premedication. Acceptable operating conditions for elective or emergency surgery were always possible, even in humid tropical climates like Malaysia, as I discovered 45 years ago, long before the days of intravenous drips, relaxants and endotracheal tubes.
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Hopkin, D.A.B. (1985). Open Drop Ether Versus Relaxant Techniques in Obstetrics. 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_20
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