Episode 6
The Depth of the Problem
Over sixty years after the discovery of chloroform anaesthesia, doctors would finally get a conclusive answer about its risks. And as we head towards the 200th anniversary of William Morton’s ether demonstration, new problems with the modern inhaled anaesthetics we use are being debated.
Guests
Dr Christine Ball
Consultant anaesthetist, Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology, and honorary curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Melbourne
Dr Martin Vollmer
EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology’s Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology
With additional voice talent from:
Additional audio content from:
Music by:
Max Dowler as the voice of Alfred Goodman Levy
Extracts from Dr Edmond ‘Ted’ Eger’s Living History of Anaesthesiology interview, courtesy of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology. woodlibrarymuseum.org
Open Drop Ether Anaesthesia audio courtesy of the Wellcome Collection www.wellcomecollection.org
Nicola Chang