 THE "SILENT" PHONOGRAPHE&MP 93.001 Phonograph August 1933 Photo of an operation at the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Changing the record during a pause in the operation - never before published. Published as an illustration from "Music Aids the Anesthetist" in the August 1933 Scientific American
Additional Information: [A. Frederick] Erdmann, M.D. (1867-1953), Anesthesiologist and American Society of Anesthesiologists’s Founder. (unmasked and standing): "A patient under local anesthetic is calmed by music through ear-phones” (far left). Scientific American, 1933. Erdmann fearlessly wrestled down combative patients to etherize them (left). Courtesy ASA http://www.asahq.org |
