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Guedel Collection
Merlin Larson, “History Day.” 2002
Merlin Larson, “Waters, Guedel, and the Pre-anesthetic Evaluation.” 2002
Selma Calmes, “The History of the Arthur E. Guedel Memorial Anesthesia Center.” 2003
Selma Calmes, “What’s Happening in Anesthesia History?” 2003
Patrick Sim, “Letter to the Editor.” 2003
Selma Calmes, “What’s Happening at the Guedel? A Refocus!” 2006
Merlin Larson, “50 Years Later.” 2006
Stephen Jackson, “In Memoriam: Patrick Sim, M.L.S., Librarian at the Wood Library-Museum.” 2010
Selma Calmes, “Interested in a Good New Book? A Visit to the Guedel Results in One!” 2012
Merlin Larson, “Guedel’s Aphorisms.” 2018
Policy, Ethics, and Economics of Anesthesia
Stephen Jackson, “From ‘Letheon’ to Lethal Injection: An Anesthesia Odyssey.” 2006
Kenneth Pauker, “A History of RBRVS as a Perspective on P4P – Part 1.” 2006
Kenneth Pauker, “A History of RBRVS as a Perspective on P4P – Part 2.” 2006
Kenneth Pauker, “A History of RBRVS as a Perspective on P4P – Part 3.” 2006
Ben Shwachman, “DSA Acceptance Speech.” 2008
Prominent Anesthesia Leaders and CSA History
Minutes of the First State Anesthesia Meeting. 1922.
Selma Calmes, “The Women Physician Anaesthetists of San Francisco, 1897-1940. The legacy of Dr. Mary E. Botsford (1865-1939).” 1989
Selma Calmes, “Obituary of William B. Neff, M.D., FFARCS: 1905-1997.” 1997
Selma Calmes, "The Founding of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, 1948." 1998.
Selma Calmes, “Anesthesiology in California: The Leading Figures in the Early Years.” 1999
Selma Calmes, "The First State-wide Anesthesia Meeting in California." 1999.
Selma Calmes, “Dr. John Dillon and the Founding of the UCLA Department of Anesthesiology.” 2000
Selma Calmes, “John William ‘Bill’ Pender, M.D. (1912-2001).” 2001
Peter McDermott, Lewis H. Wright Memorial Lecture. 2003.
Gilbert Kinyon, The History of the CSA
Bulletin
. 2005
Matthew Mazurek, “Dr. Chauncey Leake and the Development of Divinyl Oxide from Bench to Bedside.” 2007.
Peter McDermott, Forrest E. Leffingwell Memorial Lecture, Part 1. 2007.
Merlin Larson and Walter Way, “Stuart C. Cullen, M.D., and the First Academic Anesthesia Department in California.” 2008.
Peter McDermott, “In Memoriam: A Tribute to Art McGowan, M.D.” 2010.
Science, Practice, and the Art of Anesthesia
Selma Calmes, “Anesthesia in Early California.” 1996.
Selma Calmes, "Obstetric Anesthesia in California." 1997.
Selma Calmes, “Anesthesiology in California: The Early Years.” 1999
Selma Calmes, "How Nitrous Oxide Was Introduced into Clinical Practice: The Case of California." 2000.
Merlin Larson, “One Hundred Years Ago.” 2003.
Selma Calmes, "Two Men and Their Dog: Ralph Waters, Arthur Guedel and the Dunked Dog 'Airway.'" 2004.
Merlin Larson, “Treasures of the Mingun Pagoda: The Adventures of CSA’s ‘Indiana Jones’” 2006.
Merlin Larson, “Herbalists.” 2007.
Merlin Larson, “Electrical Anesthesia.” 2008.
Merlin Larson, “Grover Cleveland’s Request.” 2008.
Merlin Larson, “Guedel’s Anesthetic Depth Chart, Jone J. Wu, and Noel A. Gillespie.” 2008.
Merlin Larson, “Sympathetic-ologists.” 2009.
Merlin Larson, “Paluel J. Flagg and the ‘Art’ of Anesthesia.” 2009.
Merlin Larson, “Robot Anesthesia.” 2009.
Merlin Larson, “‘Anesthesia.’” 2010.
Merlin Larson, “Ethyl Chloride and Rapid Induction.” 2010.
Merlin Larson, “Impact of Published Manuscripts.” 2010.
Merlin Larson, “Music Illuminates Science.” 2010.
Merlin Larson and Mert Senturk, “Induction Rooms.” 2012.
Curare Discovery
Merlin Larson, “Richard C. Gill and the Introduction of Curare into Anesthesia Practice.” 2003.
Merlin Larson and Matthew Cook, “And the Nobel Prize Goes to…” 2004.
Merlin Larson, “‘White Water and Black Magic’—70 Years Later.” 2011.
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