Eponymity | presented by Michael Harrison MD FRCA FANZCA
Presentation Topic: Eponymity: The state of being identified and recognised by name. Some in this group of physicians were good, but some were not so good. Was the man above the former, or the latter?
Michael Harrison MD FRCA FANZCA
Michael trained in the UK in anaesthesia. He spent ten years there as a specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care, and in academia, before moving to New Zealand in 1987. As an anaesthetist in Auckland he continued research in collaboration with Auckland University and with The Institute of Biomedical Technologies (IBTec), AUT.
The following five years were spent in Wellington (CCDHB and the University of Otago). His main interest is the enhancement of intra-operative diagnosis using computational methods.
He has co-authored several anaesthesia textbooks and has two self-published books on the work of British academic anaesthetists, 1950-2000.
Talks given to WMHS previously:
Harrison – The 1950s BAA WMHS.ppt
British Academic Anaesthetists – the book
Herbert Barker – Manipulative Surgeon
| 2017 | The Very Early History of Modern Anaesthesia |
| 2018 | James Young Simpson of Edinburgh |
| 2021 | Emergency Medicine in a cold climate, April 1982 The Falkland War |
| 2023 | The 1950s British Academic Anaesthetists |
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Michael Harrison MD FRCA FANZCAMichael trained in the UK in anaesthesia. He spent ten years there as a specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care, and in academia, before moving to New Zealand in 1987. As an anaesthetist in Auckland he continued research in collaboration with Auckland University and with The Institute of Biomedical Technologies (IBTec), AUT.
The following five years were spent in Wellington (CCDHB and the University of Otago). His main interest is the enhancement of intra-operative diagnosis using computational methods.
He has co-authored several anaesthesia textbooks and has two self-published books on the work of British academic anaesthetists, 1950-2000.
Talks given to WMHS previously:
The Falkland War
Harrison – The 1950s BAA WMHS.pptBritish Academic Anaesthetists – the book
+ Iain Glen – PropofolHerbert Barker – Manipulative Surgeon
2017 The Very Early History of Modern Anaesthesia
2018 James Young Simpson of Edinburgh
2021 Emergency Medicine in a cold climate, April 1982 The Falkland War
2023 The 1950s British Academic Anaesthetists
