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Operative Procedures of Short Duration, for Induction Prior to Ether and to Complement Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen. Princeton, New Jersey. UNT Digital Library.
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Wang, Boardman C., Orkin, Louis, Sutin, Kenneth M., Blanck, Thomas J.J. (2003). “The
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Biochemical Factors in the Inactivation and Activation of Drugs
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in Czechoslovakia (for a humanitarian teaching mission there).
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Vital Signs: Transforming 21st Century Anesthesia Practice
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Pain: The Past, Present, and Future of Anesthesiology
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What I Have Learned after Nine Years and 9,000 Papers
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657:1993
646:1992
633:1991
622:1990
609:1989
598:1988
587:1987
574:1986
561:1985
548:1984
537:1983
526:1982
515:1981
504:1980
493:1979
482:1978
471:1977
458:1976
447:1975
436:1974
425:1973
414:1972
401:1971
390:1970
377:1969
364:1968
351:1967
338:1966
325:1965
312:1964
299:1963
286:1962
275:Year
53:Died
38:Born
1049:10
1002:Won
1237::
1065:25
1060:56
1046:11
1038:8
1035:13
1027:2
1024:18
1016:5
1013:14
245:,
226:.
192:.
82:,
1221:.
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