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Semiologie chirurgicala
Dr. Danila Marius
• Anesteziologia chirurgicală ca preocupare medicală are o
dată de naştere precisă: 16 Octombrie 1846, dată la care
William Green Morton executa prima demonstraţie
reuşită de anestezie cu eter dietilic, anestezie sub care
chirurgul John Collins Warren operează bolnavul Gilbert
Abbott pentru o tumoră vasculară buco-linguală.
• Pe teritoriul actual al României anestezia cu eter dietilic,
sulfuric cum era denumit în epoca, a fost introdusă de
unii chirurgi ai epocii chiar în primele luni ale anului
imediat următor.
Brief history – dental
• With pain-dulling practices starting as early as
2250 BC, the evolution of dental anesthesia
has come a long way to help make some of
the most invasive oral procedures possible.
• 2250 BC: A Babylonian clay tablet reveals the remedy for pain of dental cavities. The cement that was used was made by mixing henbane seed with gum mastic.
1779: Humphry Davy announces the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide and notably calls it laughing gas.
1844: After demonstrating nitrous to Dr. Horace Wells, traveling showman Gardner Colton gives nitrous oxide to Wells and another dentist, Dr. Riggs, for wisdom tooth
extraction.
1846: Dr. Horace Wells demonstrates the use of nitrous oxide for tooth extraction. Since the patient claimed he still felt pain during the experience, it was not considered a
successful demonstration.
1894: H.J. Carlson discovers that ethyl chloride produced a sound sleep in some dental patients.
1942: Curare, an arrow poison once used by South American Indians, is first used and starts the "Age of Anesthesia."
1956: Halothane, which is still used today, is used clinically for the first time.
1990: Propofol (Diprivan) Sedative, a hypnotic is introduced into clinical use in the United States after showing success in Europe for many years.