Talk:Henry K. Beecher

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No need to repeat entire text of main article on discussion page -- not even sure what remains really belongs, but I don't want to get in the way of due credit!00:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Main text of original article by Vincent J. Kopp, M.D., Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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• Dr. Miller presented his paper, "Henry Knowles Beecher: A Man of Controversy" at the Third International Symposium on the History of Anesthesia, Atlanta, Georgia, March 30, 1992. This paper is available through the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Park Ridge, IL.

• • On October 20, 1996, during the 1996 ASA Annual Meeting, three of Henry K. BeecherÕs former residents, Arthur S. Keats, M.D., Nicholas M. Greene, M.D., and George E. Battit, M.D., held a videotaped panel discussion of their recollections about Dr. Beecher. Titled ÒRemembering Henry K. Beecher, M.D.,Ó this video became part of the ÒLiving History of AnesthesiologyÓ collection at the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. The biographical and anecdotal information contained in this video paints a lively picture of Beecher as an energetic mentor and leader of these respected anesthesiologists. I have used this information and information obtained through conversations with other former Beecher trainees, some of whom wish to remain anonymous, as well as anecdotes shared in conversations with J.S. Gravenstein, M.D., Leroy D. Vandam, M.D., Dr. Miller and Dr. Greene to construct a vivid, yet accurate, picture of Henry K. BeecherÕs complex biography.

• • • Kopp VJ. Henry Knowles Beecher and the redefinition of death. Bull Anesth Hist. 1997; 15:6-8.