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Rao JJ, Welsh BE. An emergency pocket drug case of the 1940s. Can J Anaesth. 1997;44(8):896-9doi: 10.1007/BF03013168.
Rao, J. J., & Welsh, B. E. (1997). An emergency pocket drug case of the 1940s. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 44(8), 896-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03013168
Rao, J J, and Welsh, B E. "An emergency pocket drug case of the 1940s." Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie vol. 44,8 (1997): 896-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03013168
Rao JJ, Welsh BE. An emergency pocket drug case of the 1940s. Can J Anaesth. 1997 Aug;44(8):896-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03013168. PMID: 9260019.
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Can J Anaesth. 1997 Aug;44(8):896-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03013168.

An emergency pocket drug case of the 1940s.

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie

J J Rao, B E Welsh

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia, South Tees NHS Acute Hospitals Trust, Middlesbrough, UK.

PMID: 9260019 DOI: 10.1007/BF03013168

Abstract

PURPOSE: A description is given of an emergency box dating from about 1940. Its compact and portable nature, and certain of its contents, while throwing light on the working conditions of the times, raised a question as to its purpose and provenance.

PRINCIPLE FEATURES: The main contents-the box and its contents are described, and the possible use of its constituents is considered. The drugs fall into five main groups: anaesthetic premedicants, medullary stimulants, vasoconstrictors, cardiac stimulants and drugs acting on the uterus. It is suggested that their primary purpose was for emergency obstetric use.

CONCLUSION: It is concluded that the most probable purpose was for use by the obstetric 'Flying squad.' A brief account of the constitution of such a squad, and its method of working, is given.

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