Medford mail tribune., September 08, 1957, Image 40

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Operations are almost a pleasant experience nowadays, thanks to the newest membe
When her first baby arrived, Mary Smith
was sick to her stomach and incoherent for three
days afterward. She thought it was because of the
morphine the doctor had given her to relieve the
post-operative pain of the Caesarian delivery.
Three years later, another doctor was about to
deliver Mary's second baby by Caesarian section.
"They're not going to give me morphine again!"
she told her husband. "I'd rather take the pain."
A few days later, Mary gave birth to an eight
pound boy. Her convalescence was uneventful;
there was no nausea, no. vomiting, no incoherence,
and only slight pain.
What post-operative drug was used?
Morphine!
The story of Mary Smith illustrates dramatically
how medical science has reduced the pain and fear
of major surgery in recent years. Today, thousands
of patients like Mary are waking up after an opera
tion expecting to suffer prolonged and intense pain,
but are pleasantly surprised.
The magician responsible for this miracle is a new
kind of medical specialist the anesthesiologist
who trains as long and as hard for his profession as,
say, the surgeon, obstetrician, or internist.
It was this detailed experience and training which
enabled the specialist in Mary's case to know ex
actly what drug dosage she needed. When her first
baby was born, Mary had received morphine pre
scribed by a doctor who lacked a specialized back
ground in drugs. He knew what the safe dosage
was, of course, but he didn't have the precise, de
tailed knowledge needed to prevent unpleasant
reactions in every case.
Only the bigger hospitals had anesthesiologists
on their staffs until a few years ago. The number of
these specialists is increasing, however. There are
now an estimated 5,500 compared to about 2,000 in
1946, according to the American Society of Anesthe
siologists. Largely because of this growth, the
methods used to relieve pain have undergone a
drastic change.
It used to be that anesthesia was considered a
routine, and fairly unimportant, part of. surgery;
largely, the term referred to the gas or injection
which put you to sleep before the operation.
Today, however, with a larger number of medical
experts on the job, the patient's pre-operative and
post-operative pain are receiving much more atten
tion. Actually, the specialist's work begins almost as
soon as you enter the hospital, and seldom ends
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