Title: New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1956, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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Anaesthesia

Pentothal was commonly used both for induction and for the shorter cases. Gas and oxygen was utilised by some of the surgical teams. Ether was used for the more severe cases.