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year the Anesthesia History Association (AHA) awards
the David M. Little Prize for the best work of anesthesiology
history published the previous year in English.
The prize is named after David M. Little, M.D.,
longtime Chair of Anesthesia at Hartford Hospital
in Connecticut. Dr. Little, who died in 1981, also
wrote for many years the “Classical File”
series of history columns for Survey of Anesthesiology.
At the AHA annual dinner meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada,
on October 25, 2004, the Little Prize Nominating
Committee, chaired by Mark G. Mandabach, M.D., announced
the following winner and honorable mentions.
Winner
Peter Vinten-Johansen, Ph.D., Howard Brody, M.D.,
Ph.D., Nigel Paneth, M.D., M.P.H., Stephen Rachman,
Ph.D., and Michael R. Rip, Ph.D. Cholera, Chloroform,
and the Science of Medicine: A Life of John Snow.
Oxford University Press, 2003.
Honorable Mention
Linda Stratmann, M.D. Chloroform: The Quest
for Oblivion. Sutton Publishing, 2003.
Waisel DB. Norman’s war: Norman B. Kornfield,
M.D., World War II physician-anesthetist. Anesthesiology.
2003; 98(4):995-1003.
Calatayud J, Gonzalez A. History of the development
and evolution of local anesthesia since the coca
leaf. Anesthesiology. 2003; 98(6):1503-1508.
Ramirez JG. Modern chemical warfare: A history.
Bull Anesth Hist. 2004; 22(2):1, 4-7, 15.
A listing of all winners since 1998 can be found
at <www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/littleprize.htm>.
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