Volume 7 - History of Anaesthesia Society

the risks involved'. He pressed for more structured and better quality
education and training for anaesthetists and stressed that a better
understanding oE the principles of safe anaesthesia was a necessary part
of undergraduate medical education. His conviction in this respect was
expressed in the preface to the 1901 edition of his textbook
'Anaesthetics and thelr ~dministration' , written For students and
practitioners, as follows: 'I have atternpted to meet the requirements of
the true student rather than those of men who are content to regard
thtvnselves, and to be regarded, as mere dispensers of drugs' .
Patient safety is rnost certainly no new concern as the honourable record
oE our predecessors testifies.