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Introduction |
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From Rotterdam to Santiago, the five international symposia on the history of anaesthesia |
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3 | (6) |
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Anesthesia in the Antiquity |
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Surgical cures under sleep induction in the Asclepieion of Epidauros |
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11 | (8) |
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19 | (4) |
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Archaeological evidence on the use of opium in the Minoan world |
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23 | (8) |
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The medical and surgical treatment of the pilgrims of the Jacobean Roads in medieval times Part 1. The caminos and the role of St. Anthony's order in curing ergotism |
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31 | (12) |
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Pain relief and sedation in Roman Byzantine texts: Mandragoras officinarum, Hyoscyamos niger and Atropa belladonna |
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43 | (8) |
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Ether, the anesthetic from 19th through 21st century |
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51 | (6) |
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The intravenous barbiturates |
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57 | (14) |
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Unusual routes for administrating some anaesthetic drugs (1847--1969) |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (4) |
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How explosions caused an eruption---background information on nitrous oxide |
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79 | (8) |
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Physostigmine: short history and its impact on anaesthesiology of present days |
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87 | (8) |
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The rise and fall of strophanthin |
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95 | (6) |
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The history of caffeine as used in anaesthesia |
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101 | (4) |
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The bone marrow as a site for the reception of infusions, transfusions and anaesthetic agents |
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105 | (8) |
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Oxygen and Anesthesia |
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113 | (44) |
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The history of clinical oxygen monitoring |
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115 | (6) |
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A Spanish pioneer in the use of oxygen in anaesthesia |
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121 | (6) |
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Oxygen in France. Its discovery and its early uses in anaesthesia and asphyxia |
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127 | (8) |
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Oxygen in the works of three Spanish enlightened scientist: Ignacio Ma Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Antoni Marti i Franques and Antoni Cibat |
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135 | (2) |
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Evolution of the pulse oximeter |
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137 | (8) |
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Carbon dioxide and anesthesia |
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145 | (12) |
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Spinal Anesthesia |
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157 | (56) |
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What made spinal anesthesia different from general anesthesia? |
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159 | (4) |
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The early history of spinal anesthesia |
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163 | (6) |
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Deliberate total spinal anesthesia: proponents and techniques (1901--1948) |
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169 | (4) |
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Spinal anesthesia and obstetric practice |
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173 | (4) |
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Spinal anesthesia in severe preeclampsia: a historical analysis of a reappraisal |
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177 | (8) |
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Bradycardia and hypotension during spinal anesthesia: early observations |
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185 | (4) |
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Nothing new under the sun---a French (not a Japanese) pioneer in the clinical use of intrathecal morphine |
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189 | (4) |
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Spinal anaesthesia---early Australian experience |
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193 | (6) |
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Three unusual reports with spinal anesthesia: McGavin, Pitkin and Tzaicou |
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199 | (4) |
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One hundred years of epidural anaesthesia---the men behind the technical development |
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203 | (10) |
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Resuscitation |
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213 | (48) |
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Development of cardiopulmonary--cerebral resuscitation in the twentieth century |
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215 | (14) |
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Brief history of resuscitation procedures |
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229 | (4) |
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Small-volume resuscitation---historical remarks |
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233 | (12) |
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M.T. Pepper Jenkins introduces Ringer's lactate to treat shock |
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245 | (4) |
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The resuscitate of the drowned ones in the Spanish army on purpose of one clinical case of the XVIII century |
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249 | (6) |
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Contributions of the Legion Condor to the Wehrmacht's surgical care during WW2 |
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255 | (6) |
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Pioneers in Anesthesia |
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261 | (68) |
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Women in the first academic department of anesthesiology |
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263 | (6) |
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Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle (1875--1941) |
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269 | (8) |
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Dr. Jean Henley, author of the first modern German textbook of anaesthesia |
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277 | (6) |
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Jose E. Usubiaga: a short, productive life |
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283 | (4) |
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Paul Zweifel---his importance in German obstetric anaesthesia |
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287 | (12) |
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Ritchie of the Whistle a New Zealand pioneer anaesthetist |
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299 | (10) |
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C.J. Massey Dawkins: pioneer epiduralist |
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309 | (4) |
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Hugo-Wilhelm Knipping: a pioneer in continuous anaesthetic gas monitoring during the administration of nitrous oxide-oxygen-based anaesthesia |
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313 | (10) |
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Justus von Liebig (1803--1873): a chemist's contributions to anaesthesia |
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323 | (6) |
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Society and Education |
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329 | (80) |
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Back to the future: the relevance of the history of anaesthesia today |
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331 | (6) |
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Changes in the social position of anaesthesiologists in the 19th and 20th centuries |
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337 | (6) |
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19th century missionaries and anaesthesia in Africa |
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343 | (6) |
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Ecology: another A. Bier's grand legacy |
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349 | (6) |
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Por el camino de la anestesia |
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355 | (10) |
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Causes of death among Spanish anaesthetists |
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365 | (6) |
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1935---A disappointing year for American anesthesiology |
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371 | (6) |
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From nurse's craft to physician's specialty: anesthesia specialization in the USA |
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377 | (8) |
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The development of formal anesthesia training in Canada, the United States of America and the United Kingdom |
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385 | (8) |
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Aqua Alum tradition in Taiwan: the continued American influence in Chinese anesthesia |
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393 | (8) |
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Chloroform and the John O'Groat Journal in 1847 and 1848 |
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401 | (4) |
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A brief history of British `chair' dental anaesthesia |
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405 | (4) |
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Spanish Anesthesia |
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409 | (76) |
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Robert Macintosh and the Spanish Civil War: a new perspective |
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411 | (10) |
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Immediate consequences for the Spanish anesthesia of the visit of Sir Robert Macintosh to Spain in 1937 |
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421 | (6) |
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Preliminary data on anaesthetic mortality in Spain (1847--1946) |
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427 | (6) |
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Jose Miguel Martinez: Spanish pioneer of the specialization of anesthesiology |
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433 | (2) |
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The foundation of the Spanish society of anaesthesiology |
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435 | (6) |
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Hypnos, the first official journal of anaesthesiology in Spain |
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441 | (4) |
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Anesthesiology, reanimation and pain therapy in Spanish and French philately |
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445 | (2) |
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Luis Agosti Romero (1909--1983): pioneer of modern anesthesiology in Spain |
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447 | (4) |
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Dionisio Monton: a pioneer of modern anesthesia in Spain |
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451 | (2) |
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Anaesthesia inhalers in Spain (1847--1957) |
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453 | (6) |
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Chronology of the introduction of the inhalatory anesthesia in Andalusia |
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459 | (6) |
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First inhalatory anesthesia with ether in Andalusia |
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465 | (4) |
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Gynecological anesthesia at the central Hospital of Seville (1931--1935) |
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469 | (6) |
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History of pediatric anesthesia and surgery in Spain |
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475 | (6) |
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The Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine History Museum (Spain's national museum): historical evolution |
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481 | (4) |
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Anesthesia and the Arts |
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The medical and surgical management of the pilgrims of the Jacobean Roads in medieval times Part 2. Traces of ergotism and pictures of human suffering in the medieval fine arts |
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487 | (8) |
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How the public successes of a poetic scientist---Humphry Davy (1778--1829)---changed English literature |
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495 | (8) |
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Phantom limb: from Pare to Moby Dick |
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503 | (2) |
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Explorer, helper, charlatan. German literature and anaesthesia |
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505 | (8) |
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Study about the pain (1896), by Pio Baroja Nessi (1872--1956) |
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513 | (8) |
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521 | (10) |
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531 | (6) |
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Intra-arterial regional anesthesia: a Spanish contribution |
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537 | (4) |
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The history of the painting ``The Discovery of Anesthesia'' by the Spanish painter Cecilio Pla |
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541 | (6) |
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See you in the funny papers: anesthesia in cartoons and comics |
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547 | (6) |
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Critical Care Medicine---its depresentation in the Fine Arts |
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553 | (10) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Lost threads: recovering the unnarratable in the Bristol Circle drug experiments |
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565 | (6) |
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Sigmund Freud and Carl Koller: the controversy surrounding the discovery of local anesthesia |
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571 | (6) |
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Malignant Hyperthermia research in Germany: from past to recent advances |
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577 | (10) |
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History of Croatian anesthesiology |
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587 | (10) |
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Researches on supine hypotension in pregnancy |
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597 | (6) |
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A glimpse of anaesthesia at the West Suffolk hospital in the early 1900s |
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603 | (6) |
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Development of the ``lipoid theory of narcosis'' in German-speaking countries in the 19th century: from Bibra/Harless to Meyer/Overton |
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609 | (4) |
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Anesthesia origins of the intensive care physician |
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613 | (6) |
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Author index |
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Keyword index |
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