Anaesthesia during the Anglo-Boer War

ANAESTHESIA DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR

Dr John Roos, specialist anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine,University of Cape Town

Tuesday 21 January  1.00 pm  COURSE FEES R110; Staff and students R5This lecture begins with a brief history of the significant events which occurred in medicine leading up to the beginning of the Anglo-Boer War, including a brief history of anaesthesia, and more particularly the introduction of anaesthesia into South Africa. The focus of the lecture will be on the clinical practice of anaesthesia in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War, on both the British and Boer sides. It explores the anaesthetic agents available at the time, their advantages and disadvantages, and the anaesthetic delivery devices used during the war.

Recommended reading

De Villiers, J.C. 2008. Healers, Helpers and Hospitals: a History of Military Medicine in the Anglo-Boer War.

South Africa: Protea Book House.

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Dr Roos is currently the Clinical Head of the Department of Anaesthesia at Mitchell’s Plain Hospital in Cape Town. He has a keen interest in the training and examination of candidates for the post-graduate Diploma in Anaesthesia.

He is an honorary Lecturer and external examiner in the Dept. of Anaesthesia at the University of Cape Town, and is the honorary Chief Medical Officer of the SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service. He has considerable experience in prehospital Emergency Medicine and Wilderness Search and Rescue activities.

His clinical interests lie with trauma anaesthesia, massive blood transfusion and difficult airway management. He has a keen interest in patient and staff safety and well-being, and has increasingly applied his efforts to the study, teaching and introduction of Medical Crew Resource Management and Human Factors principles to clinical practice.

Dr Roos is a regularly invited guest speaker at conferences and seminars, and is a well-published co-author and collaborative researcher in the field of Anaesthesia and perioperative medicine.