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Though 3.000 of the 8,000 U.S. women doctors could probably qualify for service, most of them are content to work at home. What gets their dander up is to see an outstanding woman specialist hampered on account of her sex. Such a physician is Dr. Alice McNeal, anesthetist of Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago. The operating team to which she belongs went to General Hospital Unit 13 at Camp Robinson, Little Rock, Ark. Forty Chicago doctors went, but Dr. McNeal was left behind...
...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...
...results may be unhappy. An Army surgeon may, for example, prefer spinal anesthesia. His anesthetist may be skilled in ether and other gases, but not wholly familiar with the often complicated nerve-blockings he is called upon to perform with the spinal and regional anesthesia. Such disagreement increases the patient's risks (deaths from anesthesia are by no means unknown). Meanwhile, the quality of anesthesia suffers, and the professional anesthetist is reduced to a mere technician...
Best remedy for the situation, said Dr. Flagg, is for the Surgeons General to specify what anesthetic should be used under every circumstance. Disputes can then be settled by a rule book, and the integrity of the anesthetist will survive...