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...President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, I would like to compliment you on an excellent, informative story on anesthesiology [Nov. 5]. One statement requires clarification: "Nearly gone is the nurse-technician who dates back to the early days of ether and chloroform." This implies that nurse anesthetists today only rarely administer anesthetics. The reverse is true. About 40% of the anesthesias are given by members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, about 45% by certified registered nurse anesthetists, and the remainder by other physicians, nurses or technicians...
Today that person is often a physician. Nearly gone is the nurse-technician who dates back to the early days of ether and chloroform and whose only function was to render the patient in sensible to pain. Today's anesthesiologist is responsible for the whole man-his breathing and his circulation. In the past dozen years, the growth of knowledge and skills among anesthesia specialists has been greater than in practically any other branch of medicine. When the American Society of Anesthesiologists held its annual meeting in Denver last week, the trade talk of members made it clear that...
...Well, why don't you dissolve it in ether and pour it out the window," was the reply. "Stupid people," thought the section man. "I could be elucidating the mechanism of cyclobutadiene synthesis, and they put me in charge of mewling infants...
...matters of science such as "Are the Atomic Weights Variable?" and "The Services of Physical Sciences in the Department of Mathematics" dominated the list. In 1897, the judges questioned "The Future of the Southern Negro as a Citizen," and, in 1894, "The Necessity of Assuming the Existence of an Ether." Today, essay topics, as the rest of Harvard come in three areas, Humanitis, Social Studies, and Natural Sciences...
Other landmarks are the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital, site of the first surgical use of anesthetics, and the Nathaniel Bowditch House in Salem...