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The Final Steps Leading to the Anesthetic Use of Muscle Relaxants

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Muscle Relaxants

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The first use of a neuromuscular blocking agent (muscle relaxant; MR) for relaxation of the abdominal muscles was reported by Arthur Läwen in 1912.1

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th St., Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Francis F. Foldes

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan

    Kazuaki Fukushima M.D., Ph.D (Professor and Chairman) & Ryoichi Ochiai M.D., Ph.D (Professor and Chairman) & 

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Foldes, F.F. (1995). The Final Steps Leading to the Anesthetic Use of Muscle Relaxants. In: Fukushima, K., Ochiai, R. (eds) Muscle Relaxants. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66896-1_2

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