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Early proponents of cardiac massage
Author(s) -
And H. Böhrer,
GOERIG M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1995.tb05930.x
Subject(s) - medicine , massage , cardiac massage , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , cardiology , alternative medicine , resuscitation , pathology , cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Summary Open‐chest cardiac massage in humans to treat chloroform syncope was first performed by Niehans in Berne and Langenbuch in Berlin in the late 1880s. Closed‐chest cardiac massage in humans was advocated by Koenig and Maass in Göttingen in the last two decades of the 19th century. The closed technique was used in Central Europe for several decades to treat chloroform syncope.