Abstract :
Nominations are invited for the person to be named the fourth Wood Library-Musewn Laureate of the History of Anesthesia in the year 2008. This Wood Library-Museum Program, established in 1994, has as its purpose creation for increased recognition of the richness and importance of the history of DlIT specialty by recognizing the work of scholars who have made singular contributions to the field. The honor is awarded every four years by the WLM Laureate Committee to an individualwho has a demonstrable record of contributing over the years outstanding, original materials related to the history of our specialty as reflected by articles published in peer-reviewed journals, andlor in monographs. The fITSt Laureate, Dr. Gwenifer Wilson of Sydney, Australia was honored in 1996. The second Co-Laureates were Norman A Bergman, M.D, F.R.CA, and Thomas B. Boulton, M.D. , Ch.B., F.R.CA The third Laureate was Dr. Donald Caton.
