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Edward Tuohy: The Man, His Needle, and Its Place in Obstetric Analgesia
  1. Joshua A. Martini, M.D.,
  2. Douglas R. Bacon, M.D. and
  3. Gary M. Vasdev, M.D.
  1. From the Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  1. Reprint requests: Douglas R. Bacon, M.D., M.A., Department of Anesthesiology, Ch1-108, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail: bacon.douglas{at}mayo.edu

Abstract

The introduction of a needle designed by Ralph Huber and Edward Tuohy made continuous epidural anesthesia for labor possible. Neither the needle nor the regional anesthetic technique evolved in a vacuum; both were the culmination of a range of ideas developed by individuals around the world.

https://doi.org/10.1053/rapm.2002.34324

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    • Presented at the Obstetric Anaesthetists Association Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2001 and was awarded second place in the Resident Essay Contest sponsored by the Anesthesia History Association.