Friday 24 April 2015, 7.00pm.
The AGM of the Mid-Scotland Local Section followed by a 3 course dinner with wine and an after-dinner talk. The speaker is Professor Alan Dronsfield and his topic is:
"To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 鈥� the early chemical history of anaesthesia."
This talk will recount the discovery of the anaesthetic agents, ether, chloroform and nitrous oxide, together with short digressions to include the other materials which enjoyed more transient popularity such as coal gas and dichloromethane. It will include the means used to ensure that the patients received sufficient agents to render them insensible, but only temporarily so. Small samples of some of the classic anaesthetics will be available for members of the audience to experience them, safely, under controlled conditions. It is planned that a local anaesthetist may be able to take part in a concluding question and answer session concerning some aspects of current anaesthetic practice.
The AGM of the Mid-Scotland Local Section followed by a 3 course dinner with wine and an after-dinner talk. The speaker is Professor Alan Dronsfield and his topic is:
"To Sleep, Perchance to Dream 鈥� the early chemical history of anaesthesia."
This talk will recount the discovery of the anaesthetic agents, ether, chloroform and nitrous oxide, together with short digressions to include the other materials which enjoyed more transient popularity such as coal gas and dichloromethane. It will include the means used to ensure that the patients received sufficient agents to render them insensible, but only temporarily so. Small samples of some of the classic anaesthetics will be available for members of the audience to experience them, safely, under controlled conditions. It is planned that a local anaesthetist may be able to take part in a concluding question and answer session concerning some aspects of current anaesthetic practice.
