Chapter 1.THE HISTORY OF ANAESTHESIA&M.H.Armstrong Davison 1
Chapter 2.ANATOMY FOR THE ANAESTHETIST&Gilbert Causey 18
Chapter 3.PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION&David Slome 53
Chapter 4.PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM&G.R.Graham 106
Chapter 5.PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: SOME PRINCIPLES OFGENERAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY RELATING TO ANAESTHESIA&Barry D.Wyke 125
Chapter 6.CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORYSYSTEMS BEFORE ANAESTHESIA&A.Kekwick 238
Chapter 7.METHODS OF INVESTIGATION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION&F.J.Prime 247
Chapter 8.THE PRINCIPLES OF PREMEDICATION&A.J.W.Beard 262
Chapter 9.BASAL NARCOSIS BY MEANS OF RECTAL INJECTION&George Edwards 286
Chapter 10.THE PHARMACOLOGY OF VOLATILE AND GASEOUS ANAESTHETICS&John W.Dundee 293
Chapter 11.INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA&John W.Dundee 348
Chapter 12.SIGNS OF ANAESTHESIA&William W.Mushin 375
Chapter 13.THE PRINCIPLES OF MUSCULAR RELAXATION&Cecil Gray 388
Chapter 14.THE RELAXANTS&Cecil Gray 394
Chapter 15.WATER AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE&L.P.Le Quesne 452
Chapter 16.BLOOD TRANSFUSION&H.F.Brewer 476
Chapter 17.REACTIONS TO TRAUMA AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ANAESTHETIST&R.P.Harbord 498
Chapter 18.THE PRINCIPLES OF ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS&G.Jackson Rees 521