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Anesthesia was accomplished with the use of opiates, alcohol, asphyxia, carotid artery compression, physical trauma, and physical restraint when the above didn't work or weren't available. |
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Paracelsus makes ether and notes its effects on fowl
Overlooked and ignored for next 300 years |
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Sir David discovers properties of nitrous oxide |
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H. H. Hickman demonstrates pain alleviation in dogs using a mixture of nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide |
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Liebig discovers chloroform |
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Ether first used for human anesthesia |
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Dr. Horace Wells discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
Ignored until 1862 |
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Chloroform used for human anesthesia by Dr. J. Simpson
Chloroform used for animal surgicall anesthesia by Flourens |
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Dr. C. P. Jackson reports extensive use of ether in animal surgery |
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Dr. G. Dadd advocates humane treatment of animals and application of scientific principles like anesthesia in animals
Routinely uses general anesthesia on his surgical patients |
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Humbert uses IV Chloral Hydrate in the horse |
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Kohler uses cocaine for local anesthesia in the eye |
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August Bier produces true spinal anesthesia with cocaine in a dog, himself, and his assistant |
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Ether and chloroform commonly used in small domestic animals |
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General anesthesia becomes more accepted as the barbiturates are intruduced |
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Pentobarbital introduced as a general anesthetic |
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General anesthesia comes into widespread use in large animal surgery due to the introduction of phenothiazine derivatives as preanesthetics.
This reduces the prolonged and dangerous recovery common without thier use. |
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European Association of Veterinary Anasthetists formed |
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American College of Veterinary Anesthesiology organized |
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American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists formed |
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European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia inaugurated |
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