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  • 1Anaesthesia —     Anæsthesia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Anæsthesia     (From Greek a, privative, and aisthesis, feeling).     A term in medicine, and the allied sciences, signifying a state of insensibility to external impressions, consequent upon disease,… …

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  • 2Chloroform Committee — The Chloroform Committee was commissioned by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society (now known as the Royal Society of Medicine) in 1864 to investigate the use of chloroform.[1] The committee recommended the use of chloroform in the same year… …

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  • 3anaesthesia — n.; (also anaesthesis) (Med.) Insensibility (as that produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether, chloroform, etc.), unconsciousness of pain, suspended sensibility, suspended consciousness …

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  • 4General anaesthesia — In modern medical practice, general anaesthesia (AmE: anesthesia) is a state of total unconsciousness resulting from general anaesthetic drugs. A variety of drugs are given to the patient that have different effects with the overall aim of… …

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  • 5Napoleon III — Louis Napoleon redirects here. For other uses, see Louis Napoleon (disambiguation). Napoleon III 1st President of the French Republic Term 20 December 1848– 2 …

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  • 6James McIlroy — James McIlroy, full name James Archibald McIlroy (March 11, 1879 July 30 1968) was a British surgeon and a member of Ernest Shackleton s crew on the Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition (1914 1916). He was born in Ulster, Ireland on November 3,… …

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  • 7Cemil Topuzlu — Professor Cemil Topuzlu (1868 1958)also known as Cemil Pasha, was a leading surgeon in Turkey who was internationally recognized for his pioneering work in several areas, including open chest cardiac massage [… …

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  • 8University of Edinburgh Medical School — Chancellor s Building, Little France Edinburgh School of Medicine Established 1726 Type …

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  • 9Joseph Thomas Clover — Born 28 February 1825 Aylsham, Norfolk Died 27 September 1882(1882 09 27) (aged 57) 3 Cavendish Place, London Occupation Physician, Anaesthetist Joseph Thomas Clover (28 February 1825 – 27 September 1882) …

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  • 10Anesthesia — Not to be confused with Paresthesia. For other uses, see Anesthesia (disambiguation). Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek αν , an , without ; and αἴσθησις, aisthēsis, sensation ), traditionally meant the condition of… …

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