2016
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1604401s07
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The etymology and Use of the Word ‘Anaesthesia’: Oliver Wendell Holmes' Letter to W. T. G. Morton

Abstract: Two published versions of a letter in which Oliver Wendell Holmes, MD, recommended the name anaesthesia were identified from publications supportive of the claims of W. T. G. Morton. The earliest known publication of Holmes' letter is in a pamphlet published by Edward Warren in May-June 1847. Another version of the letter was published 12 years later in Nathan P. Rice's biography of Morton. Holmes' letter to Morton was probably lost when a substantial part of a collection of Morton's papers was damaged during … Show more

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“…In a footnote to the glossary, Seifert proclaimed: "The word anesthesiology was 'coined' by the author". A decade later, Seifert published his glossary as a separate publication, Synthesis of Medical Terminology 3 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In a footnote to the glossary, Seifert proclaimed: "The word anesthesiology was 'coined' by the author". A decade later, Seifert published his glossary as a separate publication, Synthesis of Medical Terminology 3 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The word 'anaesthesia' can be found in the literature of the Classical Greek period (approximately 2,500 years ago) and in medical manuscripts, such as the Hippocratic Collection 3 . The earliest known English definition of the word 'anaisthesia' is: "Anaisthesia in defect of sensation, as in paralytick and blasted persons."…”
Section: From Etherisation To Anaesthesiamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The term anesthesia was first proposed by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Haridas, 2016) on the basis of its Greek root meaning "no sense" to William Morton in 1846 (Morton, 1846). Even in deep anesthesia some basic senses continue to exist, so it is more appropriate to assume anesthesia as a stationary state without any kind of perception.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%