Safety As We Watch: Anaesthesia in Ireland 1847-1998 - Declan Warde, Joseph Tracey and John Cahill Book While many Irish families produced

While many Irish families produced at least one nurse and many of those emigrated

Irish examples are later and that of Sir Thomas Molyneux MD (1661-1733) may well be the earliest

surgeon to the Richmond Hospital

and few areas of medical science have failed to benefit from Irish expertise and innovations

Safety As We Watch: Anaesthesia in Ireland 1847-1998 - Declan Warde, Joseph Tracey and John Cahill Book While many Irish families producedWinner of the 2023 Anesthesia History Association David M. Little Jr, BOOK PRIZE. The first operation under anaesthesia in Ireland took place 175 years ago when John MacDonnell, surgeon to the Richmond Hospital, Dublin amputated the arm of 18 year old Mary Kane on January 1st 1847. Over the next 150 years, anaesthesia was to evolve from an apprentice based craft to become a highly technical specialty, integral not just in the operating theatre but