Henry Hill Hickman
Henry Hill Hickman (1800 – 1830) was an English physician
Hickman was the first to attempt to produce the hypnotic state by means of an inhaled gas. The resulting unconsciousness he called “Suspended Animation”. His pamphlet on the subject, in 1824, was refused a reading in England and disregarded in France
Biography
- Born on January 27, 1800 in Bromfield near Ludlow, the seventh of thirteen children and son of a tenant farmer
- 1820 – Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Died
Eponyms
Key Medical Contributions
Major Publications
- Hickman HH. A letter on suspended animation, containing experiments shewing that it may be safely employed during operations on animals, with the view of ascertaining its probable utility in surgical operations on the human subject, addressed to T.A. Knight, Esq. 1824
Controversies
References
Biography
- Thompson CJS. Henry Hill Hickman, M.R.C.S. : an English pioneer of anaesthesia. 1912
- Buxton DW. Those who worked in the dawn of anaesthesia. Henry Hill Hickman [1800—1829], Br J Anaesth. 1926; 3(4): 165-173
- Souvenir Henry Hill Hickman Centenary Exhibition 1830-1930, at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. 1930
- Keys TE. Historical vignettes. Henry Hill Hickman (1800-1830). Anesth Analg. 1972 May-Jun;51(3):349.
- Bloch H. Henry Hill Hickman (1800-1830): country doctor and discoverer of inhalation anesthesia. South Med J. 1987; 80(9): 1168-1170.
- Smith WDA. Henry Hill Hickman. 2005
Inhalational anaesthesia
- Smith WD. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia. IV. Hickman and the “introduction of certain gases into the lungs”. Br J Anaesth. 1966 Jan;38(1):58-72.
- Smith WD. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia. IVa. Further light on Hickman and his times. Br J Anaesth. 1970 Apr;42(4):347-53.
- Smith WD. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia. IVb. Further light on Hickman and his times. Br J Anaesth. 1970 May;42(5):445-58.
- Smith WD. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia. IVc: Henry Hill Hickman in his time. Br J Anaesth. 1978 May;50(5):519-30.
- Smith WD. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia IVd: Henry Hill Hickman in his time. Br J Anaesth. 1978 Jun;50(6):623-627.
- Smith WD. A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia IVe: Henry Hill Hickman in his time. Br J Anaesth. 1978 Aug;50(8):853-61
eponym
the person behind the name
Emergency registrar at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
