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I have endeavoured in this brief summary to outline for you the development of the specialty of anaesthesia in Canada. Time has not permitted me to mention the contributions of a host of individual physicians who have made this whole development possible and I must beg forgiveness for the omissions.
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The Lewis Wright Memorial Lecture, presented at the Annual Meeting, American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, La., October 18, 1977.
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Gordon, R.A. A capsule history of anaesthesia in Canada. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 25, 75–83 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03005062
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