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Article: The American Society of Anesthesiologists: A Century of Challenges and Progress
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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- June 1, 2006
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists: A Century of Challenges and Progress. D. R. Bacon. K. E. McGoldriek, M. J. Lema; Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 520 N Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois 6006, U.S.A.; $55: pp. 216; ISBN 1-HH4545-15-2.
This history of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 1405-2005 was published as a centennial celebration of the world's oldest national anaesthesia society. Anaesthesia certainly had its origins in the U.S.A. in the 1840s but the very early days are not covered here. This history begins in 1405 - hence the centennial-with nine young men from Brooklyn NY meeting at Long Island College Hospital to start a society of physician ...