First Ether Charts
Dublin Core
Title
First Ether Charts
Subject
Ether
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Chart
Description
As a medical student Harvey Cushing, along with classmate, Ernst Amory Codman, resolved to improve the technique for giving ether and created the first known ether charts, (front of one chart reproduced here) carefully recording patient pulse, respiration, and temperature while under anesthetic enabling a surgeon to quickly deduce the patient’s condition.
Creator
Cushing, Harvey , 1869–1939
Codman, E. A. (Ernest Amory), 1869-1940
Date Created
1894, November 9
Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Anesthesia Charts of 1895 with Explanatory Notes
Type
physical object
Identifier
Anesthesia Charts of 1895 with Explanatory Notes, chart 12. H MS b59.2, Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University
Files
Collection
Citation
Cushing, Harvey , 1869–1939 and Codman, E. A. (Ernest Amory), 1869-1940, “First Ether Charts,” OnView, accessed April 29, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26619.