title: Early artificial ventilation: the mystery of "Truehead of Galveston"--was he Dr Charles William Trueheart?
abstract: It seems strange that the medical literature from the United States has only a single original source of reference for a device (from circa 1870) for artificial ventilation in neonatal resuscitation. The invention is attributed to "Dr Truehead of Galveston, Texas". I argue that this mystery arises from two separate misspellings of the inventor's name, and propose that the correct name is Dr Charles William Trueheart (1837-1914), also of Galveston.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. rvt.met@pl.net
authors.forename: Ronald V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Trubuhovich
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009275:Names; D013781:Texas; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000266:history*