Term: Anaesthesia or anesthesia
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| James Young Simpson (1811-1870), |
Origin: An Greek αν/an(=without) + αίσθηση/esthisis(=feeling) à loss of feeling
Coined: in 1848 by Scottish Obstetrician James Young Simpson (1811-1870), who had used diethyl ether in Edinburgh
"To whose genius and benevolence
The world owes the blessings derived
From the use of chloroform for
The relief of suffering
Laus Deo"
The world owes the blessings derived
From the use of chloroform for
The relief of suffering
Laus Deo"
Definition:
Local or general insensibility to pain, induced by an anesthetic drug. General anesthesia, results in a temporary loss of consciousness and regional or local anesthesia affects sensation only a in a part of the body
Previously (1846) 'coined' by O. Wendell Holmes writing to W.T.G Morten (most common attribution, although Holmes acknowledged use by Linnaeus and Cullen. Word also used by ancient writer Dioscorides, to denote state similar to modern 'anaesthesia'
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