title: [The "narcotization statistics" of Ernst Julius Gurlt of 1895--an early contribution to quality control in anesthesia].
abstract: The fifth compilation of anaesthetization statistics "Zur Narkotisirungsstatistik", presented by the surgeon Ernst Julius Gurlt in 1895 summarizes the answers to a questionnaire of the German Surgical Society given by 78 mainly large German surgical hospital departments. It comprises 55,395 anaesthetic procedures, most of them (34,412) performed under chloroform, although this substance was still associated with many more fatal complications than ether. At the same time, unpleasant non-fatal complications in connection with the application of ether are also pointed out. Details concerning premedication, the role of the anaesthetist, postoperative care, documentation and especially complications and how to prevent and deal with them are taken from 38 reprinted reports. Gurlt's activities initiated more than 100 years ago are to be seen as pioneer work in the field of anaesthesiological quality assessment.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Medizinische Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Röse
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000266:history*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000266:history*; D002725:Chloroform / Q000266:history*; D004986:Ether / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000266:history*; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D004986:Ether; D002725:Chloroform
vernacular_title: Die "Narkotisirungsstatistik" von Ernst Julius Gurlt aus dem Jahre 1895--Ein früher Beitrag zur Qualitätskontrolle in der Anästhesie.