William T. Lemmon
William Thomas Lemmon (1896-1974), surgeon who pioneered continuous spinal anaesthesia, and the Lemmon mattress
Category Anaesthesiology
Alberto Gutierrez
Alberto Gutiérrez (1892–1945), Argentine surgeon who described the epidural “hanging drop” sign (1933) and founded Argentina’s anaesthesia journal.
Jess B. Weiss
Jess Bernard Weiss (1917 – 2007) was an American anesthesiologist. Best known for designing the Weiss needle for the placement of epidural catheters
Carl Koller
Carl (Karl) Koller (1857–1944), Austrian ophthalmologist who introduced cocaine as the first practical local anaesthetic in 1884, transforming surgery and enabling regional and neuraxial anaesthesia.
Crawford W. Long
Crawford W. Long (1815–1878), American physician who first used sulphuric ether for surgical anaesthesia on March 30, 1842
History of laryngoscopy (1967–2010)
Fibreoptics, difficult-airway blades and video laryngoscopy Year Person / instrument Historical contribution and significance 1967–1968 Shigeto Ikeda; Calder and Murphy Development of flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy and early fibreoptic-assisted tracheal intubation. The instrument-development and first clinical-intubation claims need to be distinguished.…
History of laryngoscopy (1903–1977)
The intubating laryngoscope and development of the modern blade Year Person / instrument Historical contribution and significance 1903 Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958) Jackson developed a separable laryngeal speculum/direct laryngoscope; first published 1907. 1910–1912 Gustav Killian (1860–1921) Robert Clyde Lynch (1880-1931) Development…
Jeremy Swan
Jeremy Swan (1922–2005), Irish-born cardiologist, co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter and led advances in cardiac catheterisation and haemodynamic monitoring
William Ganz
William Ganz (1919–2009), Slovakian-born cardiologist, co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter and pioneered thermodilution in cardiovascular research
Robert Berman
Robert Alvin Berman (1914-1999) was an American anesthesiologist and inventor including the Berman Airway, Quick Cuff and Respir-Aider
Michael Denborough
Michael Antony Denborough (1929 – 2014) was an Australian anaesthetist, academic, activist and medical researcher. First described malignant hyperthermia (Maladie de Denborough)
Jean-Athanase Sicard
Jean-Athanase Sicard (1872–1929): French neurologist; caudal epidural pioneer (1901), Lipiodol epidurography/myelography with Forestier, and Collet–Sicard syndrome.
