Resources and Thanks

For information on the history of artifacts and developments in anesthesia through time we relied on the collected knowledge of the many contributors to the book The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia edited by Edmond I. Eger, Ron N. Westhorpe and Lawrence J. Saidman, and the invaluable resources of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Schaumburg, Illinois. (https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/).

These anesthesiologists, consultants, curators, archivists, historians, editors, and technical specialists made this exhibit possible:

From the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine:

Ramon F. Martin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Anesthesia and Pain Management

William Camann, MD
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia Service, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Emeritus)
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Anesthesia and Pain Management

Sukumar P. Desai, MD
Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Anesthesia and Pain Management

James H. Philip, MD
Director, Clinical Bioengineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor, Harvard Medical School, Anesthesia and Pain Management

Daniel F. Kacher, MS
Clinical Engineer
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

From Harvard Medical School:

Dominic Hall, MA, ALM
Curator, Warren Anatomical Museum collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University

From Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology

Judith Robbins, MA
Archivist

With special thanks to:

Karen Bruynell, Carl Berke, Nicole Celebi, Stephen Chapman, Ernst Daniel, Caitlyn DeCastro, Anna Decristofaro, Jack Eckert, Michaela Farber, Sharon Ferland, David Henry, Richard Kushnier, Michael Mannstadt, Jessica Murphy, Lawrence J. Saidman, Robert Zollinger, and Erik Alexander.