A history of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia / by W.D.A. Smith.

Altrincham : Sherratt, 1965-1972.

1 volume : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Reprints of articles from the British journal of anaesthesia.

After 1972 Smith continued to add to the series, e.g. parts IVc-e (q.v.)

Pt I. Joseph Priestley to Humphry Davy -- Pt Ia. The discovery of nitrous oxide and oxygen -- Pt II. Davy's researches in relation to inhalation anaesthesia -- Pt III. Parsons Shaw, Doctor Syntax and nitrous oxide -- Pt IV. Hickman and the "introduction of certain gases into the lungs" -- Pt IVa. Further light on Hickman and his times -- Pt IVb. Further light on Hickman and his times (continued) -- Pt V. The crucial experiment, its eclipse, and its revival -- Pt VI. Henry Turton, William Lloyd Poundall and Hallam -- Pt VII. 1868 : Nitrous oxide anaesthesia takes root in Great Britain -- Pt VII. Twenty years of nitrous oxide anaesthesia in Great Britain -- Pt IX. The introduction of nitrous oxide and oxygen anaesthesia -- Pt X. The early manufacture, storage and purity of nitrous oxide -- Pt XI. The use of Hewitt's "mixture" and the development of nasal administration -- Pt XII. Developments in America and nitrous oxide anaesthesia between world wars