Fuge C A
Anaesthesia. 1986 Jul;41(7):726-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12840.x.
Nine Bedford Square has now been established as a Centre for Anaesthesia. It is a town house of considerable merit in the first square to have been planned on the London estate of the fifth Duke of Bedford. Built between 1775 and 1780, it is now the last complete Georgian square in Bloomsbury. This brief note on the history of Bedford Square shows that this part of London was prominent in nineteenth century medicine and, in particular, was involved in the early practice of mesmerism in this country. The place of mesmerism in the evolution of anaesthesia is restated and attention is drawn to the extraordinary coincidence that the new home that has been chosen for the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland should be in an area which already has connexions with anaesthesia through mesmerism.
贝德福德广场9号现已成为一个麻醉中心。它是一座具有相当价值的城镇住宅，位于贝德福德公爵五世伦敦地产规划的第一个广场上。建于1775年至1780年间，它是如今布卢姆斯伯里最后一个完整的乔治王时代广场。这篇关于贝德福德广场历史的简短介绍表明，伦敦的这一区域在19世纪医学领域颇为突出，尤其参与了本国催眠术的早期实践。文中重申了催眠术在麻醉学发展过程中的地位，并提请注意一个非同寻常的巧合：大不列颠及爱尔兰麻醉师协会选定的新家所在区域，竟然已经通过催眠术与麻醉学产生了联系。
