“…Such research might seem to be only of esoteric significance, but, as Joo and Orser pointed out, the work on glutamate co-transporters might well be relevant in due course to the clinical utility of anesthetics as perioperative neuroprotectants, for example. 119 Technological progress continued to shape the pattern of anesthesia. Anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment provide two examples of progress that made for excellence in anesthesiology as well as safer patient care.…”