6: The Depth of the Problem
11/20/21 • 33 min
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Over sixty years after the discovery of chloroform anaesthesia, doctors would finally get a conclusive answer about its risks. And as we head towards the 200th anniversary of William Morton’s ether demonstration, new problems with the modern inhaled anaesthetics we use are being debated.
Featuring:
Dr Christine Ball, consultant anaesthetist, Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology, and honorary curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Melbourne
Dr Martin Vollmer, of EMPA the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology’s Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology
The voice of Alfred Goodman Levy was provided by Max Dowler
Featuring extracts from Dr Edmond ‘Ted’ Eger’s Living History of Anaesthesiology interview, courtesy of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology. woodlibrarymuseum.org
Open Drop Ether Anaesthesia audio courtesy of the Wellcome Library.
You can find more information about the risks of anaesthesia from the website of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, www.RCOA.ac.uk
Music by Nicola Chang
Podcast Artwork by Matthew Johnston
Written, recorded and edited by Dr Matthew Heron.
Executive Producer Joel Myers
Over sixty years after the discovery of chloroform anaesthesia, doctors would finally get a conclusive answer about its risks. And as we head towards the 200th anniversary of William Morton’s ether demonstration, new problems with the modern inhaled anaesthetics we use are being debated.
Featuring:
Dr Christine Ball, consultant anaesthetist, Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology, and honorary curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Melbourne
Dr Martin Vollmer, of EMPA the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology’s Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology
The voice of Alfred Goodman Levy was provided by Max Dowler
Featuring extracts from Dr Edmond ‘Ted’ Eger’s Living History of Anaesthesiology interview, courtesy of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology. woodlibrarymuseum.org
Open Drop Ether Anaesthesia audio courtesy of the Wellcome Library.
You can find more information about the risks of anaesthesia from the website of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, www.RCOA.ac.uk
Music by Nicola Chang
Podcast Artwork by Matthew Johnston
Written, recorded and edited by Dr Matthew Heron.
Executive Producer Joel Myers
Previous Episode
5: The Commissions
1 RecommendationsChloroform could stop patients breathing if you accidentally gave too much, but could it also cause the heart to suddenly stop beating? John Snow thought it did, but doctors in Scotland disagreed. Through the second half of the 19th century, the commissions and committees that investigated chloroform’s risks would chase an answer around the world, to India. And the results would be controversial.
Featuring:
Dr David Wilkinson, consultant anaesthetist and former Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology
Dr Christine Ball, consultant anaesthetist, Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology, and honorary curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Melbourne
Professor Tim Cook, Consultant Anaesthetist and Royal College of Anaesthetists Director of National Audit Projects
Alan Jenkins, broadcaster and journalist, as the voice of Edward Laurie.
Music by Nicola Chang
Podcast Artwork by Matthew Johnston
Written, recorded and edited by Dr Matthew Heron.
Executive Producer Joel Myers
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