Tag local anaesthesia
Arthur Edward James Barker (1850-1916) 680

Arthur Barker

Arthur Edward James Barker (1850-1916). British surgeon, asepsis pioneer, and key figure in local infiltration and spinal analgesia.

Carl (Karl) Koller (1857-1944) 680

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.