The inventor of the blood gas analyzer, Dr. Severinghaus, has passed away. He quite literally forever changed the way medicine is practiced. RIP
John W. Severinghaus, M.D., 1922 to 2021
John W. Severinghaus, M.D., who invented modern blood-gas analysis by combining electrodes for carbon dioxide, oxygen, and pH into one machine, died June 2 at age 99. He was also the first to measure the uptake of inhaled anesthetics in the lung, developed methods for measuring end-tidal gases...pubs.asahq.org
The things people do for scienceAnd that was the good part; due to the muscle contractions, I ached for a week afterwards!
Raging myalgia from 20 of suxx???
my favorite was the guy who inserted the first central line and confirmed placement radiographically--on himself! Lot of those early doctors were fearless badasses.The things people do for science
First cocaine spinal --> raging PDPH
First succinylcholine --> raging myalgias
my favorite was the guy who inserted the first central line and confirmed placement radiographically--on himself! Lot of those early doctors were fearless badasses.
my favorite was the guy who inserted the first central line and confirmed placement radiographically--on himself! Lot of those early doctors were fearless badasses.
Sure, it's reckless but those crazy bastards still get my respectEh, maybe. Or the crazy complications hadn't even been suggested/thought through