History of Anaesthesia (International Congress and Symposium Series)

The number of anaesthetists studying the history of their profession has increased unexpectedly rapidly, within a very few years. The Essays on Its History (Springer-Verlag, 1985), recorded most of the presentations from the First International Symposium on the History of Modern Anaesthesia at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam in 1982 and since that meeting was held, two enthusiastic groups of historically minded anaesthetists have been established – the North American Anaesthesia History Association and its counterpart in Europe based in Great Britain, The History of Anaesthesia Society . Both have attracted more members than might have been reasonably expected.