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1887 Dec 1: Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in "A Study in Scarlet" See JR Maltby's article on Holmes & anesthesia https://t.co/H6h4R4CHQ1
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Today’s Find: One of my articles “Strange Stories in the Papers: The History of Anesthesia’s Future” https://t.co/uoSW9NOci1 (Access requires free registration) @anesthesianews #histmed
1760 Oct 23: Japanese physician Hanaoka Seishu was born https://t.co/UOAE9oTldd
He used an oral general anesthetic tsusensan in 150+ breast cancer cases #histmed He died 21 Nov 1835 #OTD
Sunday Patent Medicine Calendar: The Antikamnia Chemical Co did some wonderfully macabre calendars for several years ca. 1897-1901 https://t.co/pbTczG8i6F & https://t.co/VAlLf23ho6 Art by Louis Crucius #histmed
1925 Feb 20: Film director Robert Altman was born https://t.co/AoJLg7O59W One of his best known works is "M*A*S*H" [1970] a black comedy set in the Korean War & following the staff at a mobile army surgical hospital https://t.co/74R1H5923k #histmed Died 20 Nov 2006
Today’s Find: In the 2019 film “Primal” with Nicholas Cage, curare is a prominent element. Also, Famke Janssen plays a neurologist! https://t.co/MadViKIVWs #histmed
Today’s Comic Book: Only two issues published, Aug & Nov 1964. Adapted from a novel by Frank Haskell https://t.co/q3KTpqkKdu #histmed
1847 Nov 8: James Young Simpson introduced chloroform into obstetric practice https://t.co/jxNuSP8hr1 Despite the legend the baby was NOT named Anaesthesia #histmed
Today's Find: "Different Effects of Ether & Chloroform" 7 Nov 1857 California newspaper article https://t.co/RRcDXcejVD
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1847 Nov 4: After testing other substances in their search for an ether substitute, James Young Simpson & colleagues tried chloroform https://t.co/cmhQh0HLvH #histmed #OTD