BOC Centenary Lecture 1997 Anaesthesia in the 21st Century

C. Prys-Roberts

New Anaesthetics

Intravenous anaesthetics: the alternative to gases

John W. Sear

Entonox and its development

J.A.S. Ross

I.L. Marr

M.E. Tunstall

PET scanning -- What can it tell us about anaesthesia?

P. Hartvig

J. Andersson

A. Wessen

M. Enlund

L. Wiklund

S. Valind

B. Lanstrom

Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Anaesthesia

The neural processes involved in anaesthesia and a comparison of the effects of nitrous oxide and halothane on somatosensory transmission

A. Angel

R.H. Arnott

S. Wolstenholme

Anaesthetic actions on fast synaptic transmission

C.D. Richards

The actions of anaesthetics on voltage-gated and voltage-dependent ion channels

K.T. Wann

The GABAA receptor: an important locus for intravenous anaesthetic action

J.J. Lambert

D. Belelli

S. Shepherd

A.-L. Muntoni

M. Pistis

J. A. Peters

Anaesthetic effects on the spinal cord

Joan J. Kendig

Historical Session

Humphry Davy, Thomas Beddoes and the introduction of nitrous oxide anaesthesia

E. B. Smith

William Morton and the early work on anaesthesia in the USA

N. G. Coley

Objections to anaesthesia: the case of James Young Simpson

C. A. Russell

The manufacture of anaesthetic nitrous oxide N2O-a study in technology blending

W. A. Campbell

Priestley Lecture 1997

Nitric oxide

S. Moncada

Anaesthetics and Other Medical Gases

Other gases used medically

M.E. Garrett

Non-hypnotic effects of general anaesthesia

C.S. Reilly

Interaction between general anaesthesia and high pressure

S. Daniels

A genetic approach to understanding anesthesia

S. Rajaram

B. Kayser

P.G. Morgan

M. Sedensky

Closing Plenary Lecture

Do we need new anaesthetic drugs?

R M Jones

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