Shamov on the problem of general anesthesia development
The article provides a historical overview of the problem of general anesthesia in surgical operations in 1950s as approached by V. N. Shamov. The article pinpoints that he was persistent and ambitious to carry out scientific researches, focused on the nitrous oxide narcosis effects on human organism functions in surgical operations and after estimating its advantages introduced this kind of anesthesia in practice. It presents a scientific basis of an artificial hypothermia in surgical and neurosurgical operations, which V. N. Shamov introduced in faculty surgery clinic. It testifies that an initiative works of V. N. Shamov on anesthesia were further developed, that promoted formation of a new area in medicine: anesthesiology.