An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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HEWITT, Sir Frederic William

2 entries
  • 5682

Anaesthetics and their administration.

London: C. Griffin & Co, 1893.

Hewitt, anesthetist to Edward VII, did much to develop the use of ether, and advanced our knowledge of the pharmacology of anesthetics. In 1892 he introduced the first practical gas and oxygen apparatus.



Subjects: ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA › Ether
  • 5682.1

Further observations on the use of oxygen with nitrous oxide.

J. Brit. dent. Ass., 15, 380-87, 1894.

Includes description of Hewitt’s nitrous oxide/oxygen stopcock.



Subjects: ANESTHESIA › Nitrous Oxide, INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Medical Instruments › Anesthetic Apparatus