Ntaidou T K, Siempos I I
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Brompton and Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust, Harefield, United Kingdom.
Anaesth Intensive Care. 2012 Jul;40 Suppl 1:22-7. doi: 10.1177/0310057X120400S105.
We endeavored to thoroughly review Greek mythology and collect tales dealing with anaesthesia and myochalasis (paralysis). Among the evaluated sources were the poems of Hesiod, the epics of Homer, the tragedies of the great Athenian poets (namely Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides) as well as the contributions of several Latin writers, including Ovid. We found several examples of achieving hypnosis, analgesia and amnesia through the administration of drugs (inhaled or not) and music. Adverse events of drugs used for this purpose, such as post-anaesthetic emergence delirium, hallucinations, respiratory arrest and penis erection, were described in the presented myths. We noted that providing sleep was considered a divine privilege, although several mortals (mainly women) exhibited such powers as well. The concepts of sleep and death were closely associated in ancient classical thought. This review may stimulate anaesthetists' fantasy and may help them realise the nobility of their medical specialty.
我们致力于全面回顾希腊神话，并收集与麻醉和肌松弛（麻痹）相关的故事。在评估的资料来源中，有赫西奥德的诗歌、荷马的史诗、伟大的雅典诗人（即埃斯库罗斯、索福克勒斯和欧里庇得斯）的悲剧，以及包括奥维德在内的几位拉丁作家的作品。我们发现了几个通过使用药物（无论是否吸入）和音乐来实现催眠、镇痛和失忆的例子。在所呈现的神话中描述了用于此目的的药物的不良事件，如麻醉后谵妄、幻觉、呼吸骤停和阴茎勃起。我们注意到，提供睡眠被视为一种神圣的特权，尽管一些凡人（主要是女性）也表现出这样的能力。在古代经典思想中，睡眠和死亡的概念紧密相连。这篇综述可能会激发麻醉师的想象力，并有助于他们认识到自己医学专业的崇高性。
