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Podcast: Anesthesiology News Presents
Episode: Ep 3: The First Professional Anesthetist (The Etherist, Season 3)
Description: In the previous episodes, we relived the incredible achievements of the discoverers of anesthesia in Davy, Morton, Simpson and Long. But another individual may be just as important to the progress of the specialty as those who discovered it.John Snow was a doctor and scientist in London when he first witnessed a demonstration of ether anesthesia. Even though he was not credited with the discovery of ether or chloroform, he became a leader in the advancement of modern medicine in England.In fact, it was Snow’s forward-thinking mentality that laid the foundation for th...