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. 2002 Sep-Oct;27(5):520-3.
doi: 10.1053/rapm.2002.34324.

Edward Tuohy: the man, his needle, and its place in obstetric analgesia

Joshua A Martini  1 , Douglas R Bacon, Gary M Vasdev
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Edward Tuohy: the man, his needle, and its place in obstetric analgesia

Joshua A Martini et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2002 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The introduction of a needle designed by Ralph Huber and Edward Tuohy made continuous epidural anesthesia for labor possible. Neither the needle nor the regional anesthetic technique evolved in a vacuum; both were the culmination of a range of ideas developed by individuals around the world.

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