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From Colton's guess to Andrews' table to Bunnell's paper to Spencer's card: Misleading the public about nitrous oxide's safety.

Authors :
Baesch LJ
Bause GS
Source :
Journal of anesthesia history [J Anesth Hist] 2020 Sep; Vol. 6 (3), pp. 164-165. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 28.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Famous for pioneering the oxygenation of nitrous-oxide anesthetics, Chicago surgeon Edmund Andrews trusted the Manhattan-based Colton Dental Association's claim that they had conducted 75,000 nitrous-oxide anesthetics without a single mortality. Those statistics were cited in Andrews' 1870 journal article on anesthetic risks and then, remarkably, advertised on the business cards of dentist James M. Spencer, Jr., of Gouverneur, New York.<br /> (Copyright © 2020 Anesthesia History Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2352-4537
Volume :
6
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of anesthesia history
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32921489
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janh.2020.06.004