Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Richard Gordon (1921-2017) was a prolific writer of both humorous fiction and historical reviews. He trained in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital (Barts) in London and specialised in anaesthesia working at Hill End Hospital, St Albans (where a large proportion of Barts work took place to avoid the impact of the Blitz during the Second World War) and at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford with Robert Macintosh. ⋯ His gift for writing and his prominent public persona placed him in a unique position to highlight the importance of the newly emerging speciality of anaesthesia. He did the exact opposite of this and instead created a representation of an uninterested spectator to surgical activity, a representation which still persists in some quarters today.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Dec 2022
ReviewThe origins and development of physician anaesthesiology training in Papua New Guinea: From colonial days to the current era.
Papua New Guinea is a Pacific country that remains an enigma to the world at large. Despite massive geographical challenges due to mountainous terrain, remote islands, poverty, and with 80% of the population of over eight million living in rural villages, Papua New Guinea has managed to develop national medical and postgraduate specialty training. The first recorded anaesthetic was administered in Papua New Guinea in 1880 and the first anaesthetist trained in 1968. ⋯ As of December 2021, there have been 82 diplomas and 40 masters of medicine awarded. We review the factors and influences bearing on the development of physician anaesthesia training in Papua New Guinea over this period. Many of the people involved have contributed information used in this article.