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20 ● AnesthesiA student survivAl <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Table 2.1 Historical dates <strong>of</strong> note.<br />

1500 Bc the use <strong>of</strong> opium-like preparations in anesthesia recorded in the ebers papyrus<br />

1275 ether discovered by spanish chemist raymundus lullius<br />

1540 the synthesis <strong>of</strong> ether was described by German scientist valerius cordus<br />

1665 first intravenous injection <strong>of</strong> an opiate through a quill<br />

1773 Joseph priestly introduces nitrous oxide<br />

1842 crawford W. long successfully uses ether during neck tumor excision in Jefferson, Georgia<br />

1845 horace Wells publicly demonstrates the use <strong>of</strong> nitrous oxide in Boston – however, it is<br />

labeled a “failure”<br />

1846 William t.G. Morton shows first successful public demonstration <strong>of</strong> ether anesthesia at<br />

Massachusetts General hospital, Boston.<br />

1847 James young simpson uses chlor<strong>of</strong>orm for labor pain<br />

1853 John snow administers chlor<strong>of</strong>orm to Queen victoria during childbirth<br />

1878 William Macewan introduces oro-tracheal intubation with a flexible brass tube<br />

1884 carl Koller discovers local anesthetic properties <strong>of</strong> cocaine<br />

1889 August Bier describes spinal anesthesia for surgery<br />

1894 Anesthetic charts introduced<br />

1905 long island society <strong>of</strong> Anesthetists founded<br />

1921 fidel pagés describes a lumbar approach to epidural anesthesia<br />

1932 first barbiturate, hexobarbital, used clinically<br />

1941 robert Miller and sir robert Macintosh introduce “Miller” and “Macintosh” blade concepts,<br />

respectively<br />

1942 harold Griffith uses curare for the first time during an appendectomy<br />

1956 Michael Johnstone introduces halothane, a halogenated inhalational agent<br />

1960s fentanyl, ketamine and etomidate synthesized<br />

1977 prop<strong>of</strong>ol is synthesized<br />

1970s pulse oximeter is developed and becomes widely available for use in 1980s<br />

1980s halothane gradually replaced by enflurane and is<strong>of</strong>lurane<br />

1983 Archie i.J. Brain introduces laryngeal Mask Airway (lMA)<br />

1986 AsA house <strong>of</strong> delegates passes “standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring” resolution<br />

1990s sev<strong>of</strong>lurane and desflurane introduced into clinical practice<br />

2000s <strong>Anesthesia</strong> information Management systems (AiMs) come into widespread use<br />

Airway Management<br />

Everyone rotating through anesthesia wants to learn how to intubate, but it is<br />

more important to learn the way to effectively bag-mask ventilate a patient.<br />

Early general anesthetics were given by “open drop” masks and required great

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