Los siguientes párrafos están publicados en la revista Anaesthesia. El artículo se titula: Centenary of Anaesthesia in Great Britain, por AD Marston, Presidente de la Asociación de Anestesistas de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda. Publicación de 1947.

The observance of anniversaries is an ancient and honoured tradition in our custom-loving land, and it is probable that the centenary of anasthesia will be associated with much gratitude and genuine thanksgiving. In gratitude we shall honour the memory of pioneers who made freedom from operative pain the common heritage of mankind.

In these 'days of increasing co-operation and understanding with our American cousins it is pleasing to know that most of the original scientitic research, and certainly its successful application to clinical medicine, was carried out by citizens of the English speaking race on both sides of the Atlantic.

We must give honour where honour is due, and here it is well to remember that the whole credit for the... Continuar leyendo