title: An early anaesthetic in Papua New Guinea.
abstract: A search for information about early anaesthetics administered in Papua New Guinea has revealed that an ether or chloroform anaesthetic was given, probably for a retained placenta, at Port Hunter on December 9, 1880. The anaesthetist or anaesthetic assistant was the Reverend George Brown, a Wesleyan Methodist missionary.
authors.affiliation: Flinders University of South Australia, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, S.A.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009512:New Guinea; D018457:Placenta, Retained / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy