[The first death due to inhalation anesthesia in France. An example of the absence of verification of bibliographic references].
The reporting of the first death attributed to anaesthesia is commonly placed in 1848. The present work indicates that, in France, anaesthesia was recognized as being responsible for deaths as early as February, 1847.
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Département d'anesthésie et de réanimation, groupe hospitalier Bichat Claude-Bernard, Paris, France.
Desmonts
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