| Carl koller, cocaine, and local anesthesia: some less known and forgotten facts. | |
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PMID: 22531385 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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ABSTRACT: Modern-day local anesthesia began in 1884 with a discovery by a young unknown ophthalmologist from Vienna named Carl Koller, who placed a cocaine solution on the cornea, thus producing insensibility. The news of his discovery spread throughout the world in less than a month. "Not surprisingly," a controversial priority discussion emerged. There is little information about this "dark side" of Koller's discovery and only sparse data about the personalities involved in this controversy. In addition, Carl Koller's decision to leave Vienna is also surrounded in secrecy. The story surrounding the revelation of the local anesthetic effect of cocaine and the personalities involved is fascinating and relatively unknown. |
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Michael Goerig; Douglas Bacon; André van Zundert |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine Volume: 37 ISSN: 1532-8651 ISO Abbreviation: Reg Anesth Pain Med Publication Date: 2012 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-04-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9804508 Medline TA: Reg Anesth Pain Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 318-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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From the *Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; †School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; ‡Catharina Hospital-Brabant Medical School, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; §University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium; and ∥University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands. |
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