[The first labor analgesia with drug was performed in late Meiji Period (1868-1912). Hypnosis also attracted attention as a method of labor analgesia in mid-Meiji Period].

Ether or chloroform, was in use for ambulatory surgery after 1861 in Japan. An inhalational anesthetic, especially chloroform, was administered for cesarean section in early Meiji Period (from 1868) up to 1897. According to an article in 1903, chloroform was recommended as a strategy for internal cephalic version. However, it is uncertain whether inhalational anesthetic had been utilized for vaginal deliveries before 1903. There is evidence that hypnosis had attracted attention as a method of labor analgesia around that time.

[The beginnings of anesthesia]. / Les débuts de l'anesthésie.

In the nineteenth century, introduction of the first inhaled general anaesthetic (Long, 1842) induced a further search for new types of anaesthesia: carbon dioxide, petroleum ether, derivatives of ethylene, acetone, methyl dichloride, and the study of a new technique-hypnosis. Only chloroform, ether, nitrous oxide were used. Towards the end of the century, ether became the mainstay of inhaled anaesthetics. The other routes of administering anaesthetics (rectal, venous, spinal, local) appeared around 1860.

El recurso de la Hipnosis Ericksoniana en anestesiología / Ericksonian hypnosis as an anesthetic alternative

El propósito de este capítulo es revisar la utilidad que tiene la aplicación de las diferentes técnicas de Hipnosis Ericksoniana en Anestesiología y transmitir nuestra experiencia en la práctica de ellas en nuestro Hospital. El método y las técnicas hipnóticas nos revelan que nuestros problemas tienen antecedentes en nuestra historia personal (debido a experiencias dolorosas del pasado desarrollamos defensas mentales para protegernos del dolor emocional). El paciente encuentra en sí mismo recursos internos para superar sus dificultades presentes de la comunicación verbal y transverbal para que la Hipnosis se haga posible. La complejidad de un cuadro doloroso requiere ser atacado desde los niveles psicológico, cognoscitivo, afectivo y simbólico, y la Hipnosis es un recurso que encaja muy bien dentro de este punto de vista

Clinical hypnosis in the practice of anesthesia.

Hypnosis has been utilized for at least several hundred years, but the societal view of hypnosis has ranged from raving to ridicule. The advances of hypnosis as a scientific endeavor have occurred within the last two centuries, but many myths and misunderstandings remain about the nature of hypnosis and its effects on the subject. Hypnosis is being recognized as having many medical applications. Important applications for the anesthetist include hypnoanesthesia and hypnoanalgesia, which are found to have some advantages in specific types of patients that present for surgery.

Hypnosis, Part I: A historical overview.

The roots of hypnosis go back to the beginning of recorded history and probably beyond. Part I of this three-part series will discuss the origins of the practice of hypnosis and its cultivation through history.

[Historical aspects of pain relief during normal parturition]. / Historische aspecten van het stillen van pijn tijdens de normale baring.

Traditional methods used for the relief of pain during normal delivery are few and the medical literature remained silent on this topic up to the middle of the 19th century. Indeed, the first effective method was etherization, and it was introduced by Simpson (Edinburgh) in 1847. Obstetric inhalation analgesia was followed by many other methods the development of which was based on new discoveries in chemistry, pharmacology, physiology, and psychosomatic medicine. This paper reviews the milestones in the historical development of obstetric analgesia.

Sintesis histórica de sicoprofiláxis del parto en Colombia / Historic synthesis of psychoprophylaxis of labor in Colombia

Se comenta, el trabajo anterior, como respuesta en sesión de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, encuadrándolo en la historia de la Sicoprofiláxis en Gineco-Obstetricia en el país, tratando de rescatar, en alguna medida, la memoria histórica perdida al respecto. Se cierra el comentario con un juicio personal de valor sobre la hipnoanalgesia en Gineco-Obstetricia (AU)

Sintesis histórica de sicoprofiláxis del parto en Colombia / Historic synthesis of psychoprophylaxis of labor in Colombia

Se comenta, el trabajo anterior, como respuesta en sesión de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, encuadrándolo en la historia de la Sicoprofiláxis en Gineco-Obstetricia en el país, tratando de rescatar, en alguna medida, la memoria histórica perdida al respecto. Se cierra el comentario con un juicio personal de valor sobre la hipnoanalgesia en Gineco-Obstetricia

Primórdios da hipnose aplicada à odontologia no Brasil / The beginnings of hypnosis applied to odontology in Brazil

Breve relato da história da hipnose no Brasil e de sua aplicaçäo na odontologia. Focaliza a técnica da hipnose enquanto "anestésico" no tratamento odontológico. Narra fatos e episódios ocorridos em consultórios dentários, que comprovam e däo testemunhos da eficácia da técnica hipnótica sobre o controle da dor. (JGC)