Anesthesiology

Introduction:

This introduction of Veterinary Anaesthesia, is a direct descendant of Anaesthesia & Narcosis of Animals & Birds by Sir Frederick Hobday published in 1915 by Baillière, Tindall and Cox. The 1st edition of Veterinary Anaesthesia, which had marked similarities to Hobday’s book, was written by Professor J.G. Wright and published in 1942. Wright’s intention was to ‘incorporate in a small volume the present status of knowledge on anaesthesia in the domestic animals’. This he accomplished in 198 small pages with fewer than 100 references to publications – including many to his own work. Since then tremendous advances have been made and now almost every week that passes sees new publications relating to veterinary anaesthesia and its related subjects.Thus, we have had to acknowledge the impossibility of including a comprehensive bibliography in this edition, but we have selected references which should provide a useful introduction to the literature. In addition, we have indicated where attention should be given to material published before computerized databases became available because, despite the increasing complexity of anaesthesia, simple methods also work.

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