Insensibility during Surgical Operations by Inhalation

On the inhalation of the vapour of ether in surgical operations.

I have spoken of a knowledge of the strength of the vapour as being essential to a correct determination of the state of the patient at all times: and this brings us to the apparatus for the administration of the vapour, as, without a suitable one, the proportions of air and of vapour cannot be determined. I had the honour of shewing that these proportions could be easily and precisely controll...

Instrumental action: the timely exchange of implements during surgical operations

In this paper we analyse an apparently simple collaborative activity, that of passing an implement from one person to another. The particular case we consider is surgical operations where nurses and surgeons routinely pass instruments to one another. Through fine-grained analysis of specific instances we address,the preparatory work engaged in prior to passing, the ways in which the layout of a...

Report of Surgical Operations during the Second Quarter of 1882

Surgical Suites’ Operations Management

S suites are a key driver of a hospital’s costs, revenues, and utilization of postoperative resources such as beds. This article describes some commonly occurring operations management problems faced by the managers of surgical suites. For three of these problems, the article also provides preliminary models and possible solution approaches. Its goal is to identify open challenges to spur furth...

Early Surgical Operations *

In inviting me to give the Carmalt lecture, the Beaumont Medical Club has tendered me a signal honor, the more so because it is in such distinguished surroundings, for here exists a culture which is traditional. You have in New Haven not only one of our greatest universities, but you enjoy also a great teaching center of historical medicine. Therefore, I cannot fail to appreciate the privilege ...