Early artificial ventilation: the mystery of "Truehead of Galveston"--was he Dr Charles William Trueheart?

It seems strange that the medical literature from the United States has only a single original source of reference for a device (from circa 1870) for artificial ventilation in neonatal resuscitation. The invention is attributed to "Dr Truehead of Galveston, Texas". I argue that this myster...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care and resuscitation 2008-12, Vol.10 (4), p.338-338
1. Verfasser:	Trubuhovich, Ronald V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Germany History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Humans Infant, Newborn Male Names Texas Trueheart Ventilators, Mechanical - history
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Zusammenfassung:	It seems strange that the medical literature from the United States has only a single original source of reference for a device (from circa 1870) for artificial ventilation in neonatal resuscitation. The invention is attributed to "Dr Truehead of Galveston, Texas". I argue that this mystery arises from two separate misspellings of the inventor's name, and propose that the correct name is Dr Charles William Trueheart (1837-1914), also of Galveston.
ISSN:	1441-2772