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its very first days, the ASA NEWSLETTER
has been an important communication tool among the
various members, officers, volunteers and countless
others associated with anesthesiology and medicine.
Looking through the newsletter, from its beginnings
as a type-written, stapled booklet in 1936 to the
glossy color pages of today, one is reminded of
the adage “the more things change, the more
they stay the same.”
The NEWSLETTER has definitely gone through
drastic changes in design and appearance, and social
norms and attitudes certainly change, but its purpose
has always been the same. It has offered an effective,
consistent and (mostly) unbiased medium for education
and news and a means by which readers could offer
opinions, concerns and even vent their anger or
express their joys.
In honor of ASA’s 100 years of dedication
to science, patient safety and effective communication,
the following short piece offers a bit of history
from selected time periods as represented in past
NEWSLETTERs.
Today, means of communication continue to change and
grow literally each day. Members get up-to-date information
daily on the ASA Web site, and almost all ASA materials
and information can be accessed online, including
the ASA NEWSLETTER. But though the technology
has changed, the need and desire to communicate has
not. Whether it be 1905 or 2005, ASA members have
always had an active dialogue with each other. Here’s
hoping for another 100 years of open lines of communication!
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