RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY. There are three main collections

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1 RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY There are three main collections The Records of the Department of Anesthesiology, New York Hospital, Guide Contents List The Records of the Department of Anesthesiology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Guide Contents List The Records of the Department of Anesthesiology, Cornell University Medical College, Guide Contents List

2 MEDICAL CENTER ARCHIVES OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL 1300 York Avenue #34 New York, NY Finding Aid to the THE RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, NEW YORK HOSPITAL Dates of Records: Linear Inches (2 Boxes) Finding Aid Prepared By: Archival Staff Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

3 Provenance These papers were received directly from the Department of Anesthesiology via Dr. Alan Van Poznak. c The folder listing had been done several years before the "Departmental History was written. Departmental History The first use of ether in an operation at The New York Hospital occurred on December 19, 1846 only two months after the first public demonstration of its use by Morton in Boston. Although the December 19th operation was probably, the first use of anesthetics in New York City, New York Hospital had no anesthetist on its staff until Dr. Thomas L. Bennett was appointed to the post in January For the next fifty years, there was rarely more than one physician-anesthetist on staff; in most cases anesthesia was administrated by nurse-anesthetists, many of whom were graduates of the hospital's School for Nurse Anesthetists (open ). Courses in anesthesiology at the Cornell University Medical College were few. This situation changed in July 1957 when the sub-departments of anesthesiology in the Departments of Surgery and in Obstetrics/Gynecology were merged to form a new Department of Anesthesiology in New York Hospital. It was put under the direction of Dr. Joseph F. Artusio, Jr., who had become the first hospital resident in Surgery (Anesthesiology) in 1946 and Anesthesiologist-in-Charge two years later. As of 1988, Artusio remains department chairman. Under Artusio s leadership, the Department grew rapidly. By 1967 the number of attendings had grown from 8 to 21 and the number of residents from 10 to 20. Anesthesiology became an integral part of the Cornell University Medical College curriculum and in 1967 became a separate college department as well. Dr. Artusio, with his colleague, Dr. Valentino D.B. Mazzia, published Practical Anesthesiology, a textbook for medical students, in The department's laboratories, under the direction of Dr. Alan Van Poznak, did significant work in non-flammable anesthetics, culminating in 1960 with the development of penthrane (methoxyflurane). This quickly became one of the most popular inhalation anesthetics around the world. Through its scientific work and in its training of a cadre of able anesthesiologists, the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology has been influential on an international scale. Sources: Annual Reports. New York Hospital Annual Reports, Department of Anesthesiology Medical Board, Minutes Surgical Case Records, 1st New York Hospital Subjects: Anesthesiology Artusio, Joseph F., Jr. Electronics and Engineering, Clinical Committee on Formulary Committee Inhalation Therapy Committee Medical Board Operating Room Committee Record Room Retrolental Fibroplasia (2:3) Non-Manuscript Materials: Photographs of Dr. Joseph F. Artusio Jr. are now housed in the Photograph Collection of the Medical Archives.

4 Box Listing: Box 1: 1. Operating Budget, Department of Anesthesiology, New York Hospital, Memos, Notes, Tabulations, Operating Budget, Department of Anesthesiology, New York Hospital, Memos, Notes, and Tabulations, Abbott Laboratories, re: Research on Penthrane, Correspondence, including a Report on the Effects of Penthrane, Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, New York Hospital, Dr. Joseph Artusio, Jr. Daily Appointment Register, 1954, Typescripts and Correspondence, re: Lectures and Papers by Dr. Joseph Artusio Jr. et al, undated. 6 Typescripts and Correspondence, re: Lectures and Papers by Dr. Joseph Artusio Jr. et al., c Typescripts and Correspondence, re: Lectures and Papers by Various Anesthesiologists, c s 8 Miscellaneous Correspondence of Dr. Joseph Artusio, Jr., Clinical Electronics and Engineering, Committee on, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Alan Van Poznak, secretary Correspondence, Memos, and Notes, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos, re: Medical Board Activities, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos re: Medical Board Activities, Formulary Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Correspondence, Memo re Drugs, Box 2: 1 Inhalation Therapy Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos, Correspondence, and Notes, Inhalation Therapy Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos, Correspondence, and Notes, Inhalation Therapy, Procedures, Regulations, and Reprints, c. 1950s. 4 Operating Room Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos, Statistics and Procedures (including report: "A Survey of Post-Operative Infection Control, 1961, Operating Room Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos, Statistics, and Procedures (including Summary Report: Cost and Statistics, 1965), Operating Room Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Agendas Annotated by Dr. Joseph Artusio, Jr., Record Committee, Medical Board, New York Hospital, Memos, Annotated Agendas, and Standardized Forms used by Anesthesiology, Preceptorship Program, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Correspondence and Applications, Copperplate negative Operating Room scene showing anesthesiologist. c (located after folder #8)

5 MEDICAL CENTER ARCHIVES OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL 1300 York Avenue #34 New York, NY Finding Aid to the THE RECORDS OF THE DEPARMTENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, NEW YORK HOSPITAL-CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER Dates of Records: Linear Inches (6 Boxes) Finding Aid Prepared By: Archival Staff Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

6 Provenance These records were received on June 30, 1982 from the Department of Anesthesiology through Dr. Alan Van Poznak. Departmental History The first use of ether in an operation at The New York Hospital occurred on December 19, 1846 only two months after the first public demonstration of its use by Morton in Boston. Although the December 19th operation was probably, the first use of anesthetics in New York City, New York Hospital had no anesthetist on its staff until Dr. Thomas L. Bennett was appointed to the post in January For the next fifty years, there was rarely more than one physician-anesthetist on staff; in most cases anesthesia was administrated by nurse-anesthetists, many of whom were graduates of the Hospital s School for Nurse Anesthetists (open ). Courses in anesthesiology at the Cornell University Medical College were few. This situation changed in July 1957 when the sub-departments of anesthesiology in the Departments of Surgery and in Obstetrics/Gynecology were merged to form a new Department of Anesthesiology in New York Hospital. It was put under the direction of Dr. Joseph F. Artusio. Jr., who had become the first hospital resident in Surgery (Anesthesiology) in 1946 and Anesthesiologist-in-Charge two years later. As of Artusio has retired as Chairman. Dr. John Savarese took over as Chairman and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief effective January 1, Under Artusio s leadership, the Department grew rapidly. By 1967, the number of attendings had grown from 8 to 21 and the number of residents from 10 to 20. Anesthesiology became an integral part of the CUMC curriculum and in 1967 became a separate college department as well. Dr. Artusio, with his colleague, Dr. Valentino D. B. Mazzia published Practical Anesthesiology, a textbook for medical students in The department's laboratories, under the direction of Dr. Alan Van Poznak, did significant work in nonflammable anesthetics, culminating in 1960 with the development of penthrane (methoxyflurane). This quickly became one of the most popular inhalation anesthetics around the world. Through its scientific work and in its training of a cadre of able anesthesiologists, the NYH-CMC Department of Anesthesiology has been influential on an international scale. Sources: Annual Reports, NYH Annual Reports, Department of Anesthesiology Medical Board, Minutes Surgical Case Records, 1st NYH Scope and Content The papers as received broke down naturally into three series: Office files (Box 1 -Box 2:9); Research Files (2:10-5:5) and Articles and Papers (5:6-6:27). The Office Files were created by Dr. Joseph F. Artusio, Jr., Chairman of the Department, 1957 through They consist of correspondence relating to the department's annual report and to equipment, research, and student electives. There are also personal papers of Dr. Artusio including three folders of material documenting his tenure as President of the Pelham, New York Board of Education ( ), and his Charter Day Address of There is also promotional material, an address and a film script on Penthrane, a highly popular inhalation anesthetic developed by Dr. Artusio and Dr. Alan Van Poznak in The Research Files consist of correspondence, notes, patient records, graphs, and drafts of articles. Topics covered include the department's research into methoxyflurane and other fluorinated hydrocarbons ( ) which led directly to penthrane; anti-curare studies and work with electroencephalographs. Much of this work, especially the research into fluorinated hydrocarbons, was done with funds from Abbott Laboratories and there is extensive correspondence between New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center researchers and scientists at Abbott.

7 The third series, Articles and Papers, consists of reprints, manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, and occasionally notes for articles and lectures on anesthesiology usually, though not always written by Drs. Artusio and Van Poznak. This series is arranged chronologically, , unlike the two other series which are in alphabetical order. Non-Manuscript Material Six photographs of Dr. Alan Van Poznak, , and one photo of Dr. Joseph F. Artusio, Jr., has been removed to the photo collection. Subjects Annual Reports 1:1 Artusio, Joseph F., Jr. Charter Day 1:6 Curriculum 1:8 Electroencephalography 2:15, 5, 6 Equipment 1:2 Fund for Medical Progress 1:11 Methoxyfluorane 4:1-11 Nursing 2:4 Pharmacology Pharmacy Reprints Speeches 1:6 Van Poznak, Alan Container List Box 1 1 Annual Report, Drafts, Memos, Artificial Respiration, Correspondence re Equipment, Board of Education, Pelham, N.Y, Correspondence, Clippings, Board of Education, Perham, N.Y, Correspondence, Clippings, Board of Education, Pelham, N.Y, Correspondence, Clippings, Charter Day Exercises, New York Hospital, The Conquest of Pain, by Joseph Artusio, May 14, Clinical Research, Correspondence, Elective in Anesthesiology, Correspondence, Student Evaluations, etc., Ether Analgesia, Correspondence re film, Articles, etc., Fee Plans, Correspondence with University of Wisconsin Medical Center re Private Fees, Fund for Medical Progress, Memos, Worksheets, 1962 Box 2 1 Halothane Study, Correspondence re Participation in National Study; Contract, Laboratory Research, General, Correspondence, Memoranda, Cornell University Medical College, Nurse Anesthetist Training Program, Correspondence, Parke, Davis & Co, Correspondence, Information re Sernyl, Penthrane, Commercial Literature, 1960s 7 Penthrane, Presentation to Colombian Society of Anesthesiologists by Joseph Artusio, Penthrane Film, Correspondence, Script, , Publications, Correspondence re Reprints, Reviews, 1957;

8 10 Abbott Research Laboratories, Correspondence mostly re Sodium Pentothal research, , 1962, Adrenal Tumors, Anesthesia Records, Anti-Curare Project, Joseph Artusio s Research, Articles, Graphs, etc., c Anti-Curare Project, Dr. Crew's Research, Intensity and Duration of Curare; Patients' Statistics, Anti-Curare Project, Patients' Statistics 15 Electroencephalographic Studies, Anesthesia Records of, c Box 3 1 Electronarcosis, Reprints about; Correspondence re equipment, etc., ; Epinephrine and Norepinephrine Determinations, Correspondence re Henry Price's Methods, Fluorinated Hydrocarbon Research (Abbott Labs. Grant, Acct. #1479), Correspondence, Box 4 1 Fluorinated Hydrocarbon Research (Abbott Labs Grant, Acct. # 1479), Correspondence, Fluorine Containing Compounds, Correspondence, Hypotensive Anesthesia (Arfonad), Case Records, Hypothermia, Case Records, Methoxyflurane (Penthrane), Correspondence, Methoxyflurane, Correspondence re Article on Methoxyflurane, Methoxyflurane Research Cases, Medical Reports with index, Methoxyflurane, Liver Disease, Correspondence, Reports, Case Histories, Methoxyflurane, Neurosurgery, Articles, Press Release re its Uses, Methoxyflurane, Radioactive, Correspondence, Methoxyflurane, Renal Cases, Correspondence, Reports, Case Histories, Box 5 1 Pentathol, Frequency Spectrum, Disposable Syringe Tests, Crystalline Pentathol Tests, Correspondence, Placidyl Research (Abbott), Correspondence, Forms, Reprints, Resistance and Sensitivity Study of Patients to Anesthetic Agents, Case Records, Teflurane, Correspondence with Abbott Labs. re Research, Thiobarbiturate Study, Statistics, Correspondence with Abbott Labs., Manuscripts and Abstracts, Department of Anesthesiology, c "Blood Pressure Changes Occurring at Termination of Anesthesia...," n.d. 9 "EEG Changes During Manipulation of the Heart," n.d. 10 " Studies on the Inter-Relationship of Certain Cholinergic Compounds IV Anti-Curare Action in Anesthetized Man, n.d. 11 "Continuing Servo Motor Integration of the Electrical Activity of the Brain" Handbook of Biological Data, Physiological Properties of Various Anesthetics," Di-Ethyl Ether Analgesia and Anesthesia," Papers, c "Office Analgesia and Anesthesia," "The Analgesic State with Di-Ethyl Ether for Major Surgery,"

9 16 Electro-Encephalographic Pattern and Frequency Spectrum Analysis During Di-Ethyl Ether Analgesia," "EEG in Cardiac Arrest," Box 6 1 "A Comparative Clinical and Statistical Study of Thiopental and Thiamylal in Human Anesthesia," "The Effect of Arfonad on the Anesthetic Requirements During Cyclopropane Anesthesia," 1955" 3 "Modern Concepts in Anesthesia, "EEG During Cardiac Manipulation," "EEG Frequency Spectrum Analysis During Diethyl Ether Anesthesia and Cyclopropane Anesthesia," The Cortical Effect of Alphaprodine and of Chlorpromazine During Thiopental Narcosis," c "The Concept of Intermediate Potency," "Physiological Problems in Anesthesia During Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract, "Observations in the Immediate Postanesthetic Period. 1. Nausea and Vomiting, bservations in the Immediate Postanesthetic Period. II. Mode of Recovery," "Physiologic Concepts in Management of Anesthesia in the Patient Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery, Clinical Evaluation of Methoxyflurane in Man, Anesthetic Properties of a Series of Fluorinated Compounds.. Fluorinated Hydrocarbons, and Fluorinated Ethers," "Anesthesia For Cardiac Surgery," The Cerebrovascular Accident and Coronary Occlusion in Anesthesia," "Pharmacological and Clinical Aspects of Diethyl Ether," "Anesthesia and Its Immediate Postoperative Complications, "General Anesthesia for the Obstetrical Patient, by Benjamin E. Marbury, "Recent Advances in Anesthesiology, " 20 Methoxyflurane as an Anesthetic for Transurethral Surgery, by F. M. Tiers, l "Effects of Anesthetic Agents on the Liver," "Carbon Monoxide Accumulation in Closed Circle Anesthesia Systems" Preanesthetic and Postanesthetic Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries," "Neuromuscular Effects of Cyclopropane," "Anesthesiology, a mid-20th Century Medical Specialty, Chemistry and Pharmacology of Inhalation Anesthetic Agents," "Rationale and History of Development of Halothane, 1968

10 MEDICAL CENTER ARCHIVES OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL 1300 York Avenue #34 New York, NY Finding Aid to the THE RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE Dates of Records: Linear Inches (1 Box) Finding Aid Prepared By: Archival Staff 2001 Year Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

11 Reprints by Department members most by Joseph Artusio, Head of the Department and Alan Van Poznak. Alan Van Poznak, Department of Anesthesiology, donated the materials in October 12, Box and Listing Reprints Chapters Excerpts from Unidentified Books 6 Panel for Symposium Analgesics Agents, 1972 Lecture Notes, Transparencies 7 Anesthesia and the Liver 8 Curate 9 Electrical Anesthesia 10 Ether Analgesia, Cyclopane