Alice McGaw: “Mother of Anesthesia”
Nurses were the first professional group to practice anesthesia services in the United States. This started 125 years ago and little was known about anesthesia back then. One of the most famous nurse anesthetists was Alice McGraw. She was to be given the name “Mother of Anesthesia” for her expert application of anesthesia during surgery and her many published works regarding the procedure. Nurse anesthetists […]