Canadian Anaesthetists' Society journal
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A case is reported in which the foetal heart was monitored by a Doppler apparatus during and after an operation on the kidney in a patient who was 27 weeks pregnant. This monitoring proved useful in detecting alterations of foetal heart rate which occurred during positioning of the patient.
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The early history of anaesthesia in Newfoundland is described by reference to newspapers and other writings of the time. News of ether first reached Newfoundland in February 1847 with a report from England of Robert Liston's amputation of a leg on December 21, 1846. Ether was first used in St. ⋯ John's a few days before May 4, 1848 by Samuel Carson in an obstetrical case, and on May 10, 1848 it was used during the amputation of a leg by Edward Keilley. Also discussed are some other items of anaesthetic interest which occurred during the years following until the appointment of the first (albeit part-time) anaesthetist in St. John's in 1912.