Green (1979) [59]

Colin Green, a veterinarian working for the Medical Research Council authored the first book devoted to laboratory animal anaesthesia in 1979. Accurately entitled "Animal Anaesthesia" (the book covered all common laboratory, domestic, wild, and zoological specimens), the book represented a major advance because it condensed a mass of disparate information on the subject. Green was also in a position at the Clinical Research Centre to conduct anaesthetic trials (under the 1876 Act) on species in which little information existed. The book benefitted from Green's association with Richard Medd, who, as a veterinarian and experimental surgeon working at Huntingdon Life Sciences, commented extensively on the manuscript and provided additional information from his own experiences. "Animal Anaesthesia" did not run to further editions so the numerous references it cites are now out-dated—albeit of considerable historic interest. The book also required some understanding of physiology and pharmacology. The messages Green espoused in his book concerning safe anaesthetic practice remain applicable today.
