HEWITT, Sir Frederic William (1857 – 1916)
1857 – 1916
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1893 CE
#5682
Anaesthetics and their administration.
Hewitt, anesthetist to Edward VII, did much to develop the use of ether, and advanced our knowledge of the pharmacology of anesthetics. In 1892 he introduced the first practical gas and oxygen apparatus.
1894 CE
#5682.1
Further observations on the use of oxygen with nitrous oxide.
Includes description of Hewitt’s nitrous oxide/oxygen stopcock.