The history of the barbiturates

Anaesthesia

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1982, Pages 726-734

  DUNDEE, J W ^a   McILROY, P D A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barbiturate; History; intravenous anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; BARBITAL; BARBITURIC ACID; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTALLYLONAL; BUTETHAL; DIETHYLAMINE BARBITURATE; HEXOBARBITAL; METHOHEXITAL; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPALLYLONAL; SECOBARBITAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOPENTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; BUTALLYLONAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVULSION; DIETHYLAMINE BARBITURATE; DRUG RESEARCH; HISTORY; REVIEW; SLEEP; SURVEY;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS; BARBITURATES; GERMANY; HEXOBARBITAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; METHOHEXITAL; THIOBARBITURATES; THIOPENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0020321493     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01310.x     Document Type: Article

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