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Anaesth Intensive Care · Jun 2007
Biography Historical ArticleThe perils of pointing the finger: a lesson for Dr. Haygarth.
- J D Paull.
- Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 2007 Jun 1;35 Suppl 1:32-6.
AbstractMr. William Russ Pugh, well known for his anaesthetic activities, and probably the first in Australia to administer ether anaesthesia for a surgical operation in May 1847, was involved in several court cases in Launceston, Tasmania in 1842 and 1843. At that time Tasmania was known as Van Diemen's Land. Two of the most dramatic cases ensued after a young doctor, Dr. Burton George Haygarth, a recent arrival in the colony of Van Diemen's Land, was persuaded to accuse Pugh of manslaughter. Because of Pugh's standing in Launceston the cases attracted enormous public attention and support for Pugh. The outcome for Dr. Haygarth was very unpleasant and not something which he had anticipated.
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