Anesthesia’s Mad Scientist? Louise G. Robinovitch, MD

A few years ago, I ran across an article on the Gizmodo website by Jess Nevins, a librarian and prolific author on popular culture topics, “From Alexander Pope to ‘Splice.’” The subtitle caught my eye: “A Short History of the Female Mad Scientist.” Most of his examples were from fiction, film and television, but one happened to be a real person, Louise G. Robinovitch, MD, who used electrical currents to create analgesia and anesthesia for