The author recalls scientific and clinical events of interest to nurse anesthetists. Topics discussed include the use of pus from cowpox blisters on the hands of a milkmaid in the development of smallpox vaccine by English physician Edward Jenner, the use of echolocation by toothed whales, bats and shrews in navigation, and efforts of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recover all supplies of the Kevadon thalidomide sedative from William S. Merrill Co. due to its side effects.
Science and Clinical Potpourri for Your Life and Your Practice