Word: anesthetist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Anesthetist: He's ready now, Doctor...
...Anesthetist: Still ninety...
...Anesthetist: Fifty-eight, fiftysix, fifty-four...
...when an anesthetist was usually an undertrained nurse-technician, who merely slapped a mask on a patient's face or jabbed a needle into his arm, has passed. Modern anesthesiology has been developed, mainly in the past 15 years, to a complex discipline. In the best medical centers, the anesthesiologist ranks with the internist and the surgeon, has equal responsibility for the patient's care and survival. Said a noted chest surgeon recently: "The anesthesiologist is the forgotten hero. The surgeon gets the glory, but without the anesthesiologist's skill the surgeon wouldn't get very...
...outpatients. In addition, its four roadside bus clinics took care of 33,817 villagers. Widely recognized as one of the best in India, Vellore Hospital has topflight specialists from four continents and dispenses the latest wonder drugs. But to many a patient, lying scared as she awaits the anesthetist's mask, the most comforting feature is the gentle but firmly reassuring handclasp of Dr. Scudder, the woman who decided to follow family tradition...