Word: anesthetist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Paluel Joseph Flagg, No. 1 U.S. anesthetist, recently warned his colleagues that in the Army & Navy the delicate work of administering anesthesia is often mishandled. Under present Army conditions the customary teamwork between surgeon and anesthetist does not exist. And without teamwork there may be trouble...
...occasional paralyses, persistent headaches and other late effects) than anesthetic gases. Many patients prefer the new rectal anesthetics because they leave none of the aftereffects which ether usually produces. Some doctors contend that nearly all the unpleasant effects of ether (vomiting, nausea, etc.) can be avoided if the anesthetist is properly skilled...
Because of these differences of opinion among doctors and anesthetists many surgeons in civilian life either take the anesthetist's advice or find an anesthetist who agrees with them. An Army surgeon, however, is seldom free to choose his anesthetist. But he still remains boss in the operating room, specifying the kind of anesthesia to be used. Even though the anesthetist's experience and training lead him to prefer a different technique, he must follow orders...
Biggest hump ahead was the personal income-tax rate. Still under consideration was Secretary Morgenthau's newest proposal: to have all who file a return pay a $5 head tax. The sales tax was asleep under an anesthetic that might wear off at any moment. Latest anesthetist was Price Boss Leon Henderson, who argued that the heaviest burden of a sales tax would fall on "persons whose standard of living is already below safe levels." But, while no one wanted to wreak injury on the very lowest income group, most New Dealers now argued that a sales...
...workers from Burma reached Manhattan last fortnight. Mrs. Seagrave was among them. She had brought her children back to the U.S. so that her husband could move freely with the Chinese Army, without worrying about his family. Until she left in January, she was her husband's chief anesthetist, once a week dodged bombs as ambulance chauffeur for a 170-mile run on the Burma Road...