Biographies and autobiographies

Samuel Guthrie

Memoirs of Dr Samuel Guthrie and the history of the discovery of chloroform. This book, written by Guthrie's grandson, has been digitized

Henry Hill Hickman

This book was compiled after the authors death. It was published by the HAS, the link is to a review in the BJA in 2005

William Pugh

William Pugh gave the first anaesthetic for a surgical procedure in Australia in June 1847. His biography, recently published, is available here

John Snow

There are many books about John Snow but this is one of the most recent and comprehensive, covering his role as an epidemiologist as well as an anaesthetist. There is a link here to a review in the American Journal of Epidemiology

Ralph Waters

The name Ralph Waters is synonymous with the history of the specialty of anaesthesia in the USA. This symposium, held in 2002, contains many articles relating to Ralph Waters, as well as many other articles on the history of the specialty. The book is available for download here

Gerald Zeitlin

A recently published autobiography which is available through Amazon. This picture is linked to a 2013 review in Anesthesia and Analgesia.