A new anaesthetic hazard?

Althesin--a new intravenous anaesthetic.

IN 1941, Selye 1 noted the anaesthetic effect of some steroids in animals. Fourteen years later, Murphy e t al . 2 reported on the use of a steroid hydroxydione to produce clinical anaesthesia. This agent, when given intravenously, has a gradual onset of action and produces prolonged sleep with little disturbance to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and no hangover effect. Unfortunatel...

Asbestos-a New Hazard

In recent years there has been an increase in the incidence of a rare malignant tumour—mesothelioma— affecting the lining of the lung or abdominal organs. The evidence points to a relationship between the occurrence of this tumour and exposure to asbestos, and in some cases the exposure need only be slight both in intensity and in duration. This means that not only the manufacturing, but also t...

Is There a Health Hazard in Anaesthetic Practice ? A. A. Spence and R. P. Knill-jones

Although it is a fact that the operating theatre environment is contaminated by anaesthetic gases which are taken up by the body tissues of theatre personnel, and although for the past 10 years and more there have been investigations of the consequences for health, there is still no direct evidence that this contamination is a health hazard. However, there is much indirect and circumstantial ev...

Bomb threat--a new hazard in hospitals.

A new probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for

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