Ralph Tovell, MD
At the end of World War I, anesthesia in America was ready for rapid improvements stimulated, as is often the case, by that massive conflict. By the time the United States entered World War II, surgery and anesthesia had both undergone a number of developments.
New residency programs produced better trained physicians in each specialty. Blood transfusions and IV fluids allowed for longer, bolder surgeries, especially in the chest cavity. Sulfa drugs fought