The State of Anesthesia Overseas.*

A Century of Technology in Anesthesia & Analgesia

“…In 1931, Australian anaesthetist Geoffrey Kaye, MD, called for the standardization of gas equipment, as machines as different as the Heidbrink, McKesson, Walton, Boyle, Shipway, Magill, Schmidt-Sudeck-Draeger, Metric, and Safety, were used around the world. 31,32…”

“…In 1931, Australian anaesthetist Geoffrey Kaye, MD, called for the standardization of gas equipment, as machines as different as the Heidbrink, McKesson, Walton, Boyle, Shipway, Magill, Schmidt-Sudeck-Draeger, Metric, and Safety, were used around the world. 31,32 In the era before nonflammable halogenated hydrocarbon anesthetics, methods to mitigate fire risk were also a publication focus. The main techniques proposed were rebreathing and grounding systems to protect everyone in the operating room.…”

Der Ätherinhalator nach Louis Ombrédanne

“…Der Königsberger Chirurg Boit hatte das Gerät 2 Jahre lang in Kaunas kennenund schätzen gelernt [6,7], und der Jenenser Lehrstuhlinhaber für Frauenheilkunde, Henkel, war anläßlich eines Studienaufenthalts an der Universitätsfrauenklinik Buenos Aires von dessen Qualitäten überzeugt worden; dort hatte der "Ombrédanne" den "Roth-Dräger" (der 1913 eingeführt worden war; [46]) völlig verdrängt [21]. Doch gemessen an der Aufmerksamkeit, die ihm in der Literatur zuteil wurde, an seiner Langlebigkeit und an Eindrücken ausländischer Beobachter [8,25] Einzelne Geschehnisse aus jüngerer Zeit streifen die Grenze zum Kuriosen. B. offene Äthertropfnarkose mit der Schimmelbusch-Maske).…”