Carrillo-Esper R, Pineda-Cervantes A

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

The history of inhaled anesthesia has its origins in the soporiferous sponge. It was in the 19th century with the discovery of nitrous oxide, ether and chloroform that began a new era that redirected the anesthesiology and surgery. In Mexico, inhaled anesthesia with ether and chloroform was introduced in the XIX century during the United States War of Intervention, when doctors from both armies used it for the first time in military surgery and later in the practice of civilian medicine. Scientific publications in our country related to this new knowledge were non-existent and the little written was limited to small inserts in local newspapers. Dr. Ramón Alfaro, member of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico, published in 1852 in the corporation's journal one of the first scientific articles known in our country related to the practice to anesthesia with chloroform. Dr. Antonio Sánchez Meneses was a distinguished Mexican anesthesiologist and medical historian, who dedicated himself to researching the history of anesthesiology, especially inhaled anesthesia in Mexico. The aim of this paper is to make a brief description of the history of inhaled anesthesia, its main protagonists and its incorporation in Mexico, but especially to honor the memory of doctors Ramón Alfaro and Antonio Sánchez Meneses.

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