| dc.description.abstract | This thesis discusses the historical course and the development of anaesthesiology in small
animal veterinary medicine from its very beginnings until the present day. Furthermore,
differences in practice environment, anaesthesia equipment and anaesthetic drugs used
between German and Hungarian veterinary practices were investigated in a comparative stury.
Historically, the development of anaesthesiology and the understanding for pain was a very
sluggish process. First attempts to control pain were already done by ancient advanced
civilisations in the 15th century BC. Until the 12th century AD, the predominating drugs had
consisted of herbal mixtures made of mandragon, henbane and poppy. The breakthrough and
establishment of the modern anaesthesiology was first successfully accomplished by the
dentist W.T.G. Morton with the public demonstration of ether in Boston on 16th October
1846. From then on, further narcotising gases like chloroform and nitrous oxide followed in
fast order. As the 19th and 20th century progressed, injectable narcotics, local anaesthetics and
further inhalation narcotics succeeded. Some of them are used slightly modified until today in
veterinary anaesthesiology.
The comparative study of German and Hungarian veterinary practices bases on results,
obtained by surveys among veterinarians of those countries. In this study, the practice
environment is investigated by analysing data of patient catchment area and staff size, and the
anaesthesia equipment, preferred drugs and drug combination are compared All data are
visualized in figures. As it concerns the results of the evaluation, only little differences in the
used equipment and general practice environment could be detected. Furthermore, Hungarian
and German veterinarians are using similar drugs for anaesthesia, analgesia and narcosis. | en |
