title: The American Society of Regional Anesthesia: a concise history of the original group-its birth, growth, and eventual dissolution.
abstract: The history of the original American Society of the Regional Anesthesia is presented-its birth, growth, and eventual dissolution. Reasons for its dissolution are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249-6810, USA. mmandabach@uab.edu
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mandabach
authors.forename: Amos J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States