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Exhibitions

We have a new temporary exhibition every year. Details for this year's exhibition can be found on our What's on page. Take a look at our previous exhibitions here:

• A Brief History of Mechanical Ventilation 
• Comfortably numb: The history of local and regional anaesthesia
• The Riddle of Shock: Anaesthesia in the First World War
• A Silver Lining Through the Dark Clouds Shining: Marshall vs Boyle
• Out of our Comfort Zone: Pain Relief in a Crisis
• What We Did During the War
• Sir Ivan Magill: Anaesthesia After WW1
• A Blessing in Disguise: The Misuse of Anaesthesia
• Doctor says relax

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Celebrating 90 years of the Diploma in Anaesthetics

Explore the history of the Diploma in Anaesthetics with our collection of DA-themed content.

Biographies

Discover biographies for important figures in the history of anaesthesia and pain relief.

History of anaesthesia timeline

Take look at a timeline of the history of anaesthesia.

Heritage Centre blog - celebrating 75 years of Anaesthesia

In 1946 the Association launched our new quarterly publication, Anaesthesia with a foreword from the then president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. As part of the celebrations in the run-up to the anniversary the Heritage Centre has published a series of blogs looking back at some of the key developments within anaesthesia throughout the decades, since the journal's inception.

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