The origin of the word anesthesia. Mary F. Kavanagh. Chairman's address, Anesthesiology Section, California Medical Association, at its Fifty-Seventh Annual Session, April 30 to May 3, 1928. Cal West Med. 1928 July; 29(1):10–12.

The word anesthesia is of Greek derivation and signifies loss of sensation, especially of tactile sensibility. This was the definition of a word of very little use or importance. The present use of. the word "anesthesia" to signify induced insensibility to pain during surgical operations dates from September 30, 1846.

Ancient, medieval and modern history furnish numerous examples of the use of drugs or other media, which by some means of dulling consciousness bring about partial or complete unconsciousness. Homer in his "Odyssey" caused Helen of Troy to put some drug into wine to "lull ... Continuar leyendo

La palabra anestesia fue introducida por primera vez por el Dr. Oliver Wendell Colmes en 1846, cuatro semanas después de la primera demostración de la anestesia con éter en el Massachussets General Hospital. Anestesia proviene del griego anaistesis, que significa "sin sensación, sin dolor"; con o sin pérdida de la conciencia.

Ver el artículo: Analgesia y Anestesia: Etimología e Historia de las Palabras Griegas en Anestesia. Helen Askitopoulou. Anesth Analg 2000;91:486–91.

"Greek is a particularly cultivated language and has been used to express and refine philosophical and scientific concepts for more than 30 centuries. It is not by chance that international scientific language has formed, and continues to form, many... Continuar leyendo