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A. W. Woods and S. Allam
Tracheal intubation without the use of neuromuscular blocking agents
Br. J. Anaesth. 2005; 94: 150-158 [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read E-letter] Canada not USA
Geraint W Lewis   (15 March 2005)

Canada not USA 15 March 2005
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Geraint W Lewis

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Re: Canada not USA

Drs Woods and Allam state that Neuromuscular blocking drugs were first introduced into clinical practice in 1942 in the USA. The report may have been published in an American journal but, at the time of his revolutionary introduction of curare into anaesthetic practice, Dr Harold Griffith was a Canadian anesthesiologist working in Montreal, Canada. Geraint Lewis FRCPC Assistant Professor The University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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