Peter Murphy, a member of this profession, developed endotracheal intubation in the 1960s, and the first practitioners of this field used diethyl ether or nitrous oxide.
One agent used in this field causes a form of hepatitis resulting from the production of triflouroacetic acid, and one of the pioneers of this field impressed John Collins Warren with a demonstration, who stated that "this is no humbug"; that was William Thomas Green Morton. Isoflorane, sevoflourane, and desflourane has replaced several compounds in this field, whose name was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes Senior. Peter Murphy, a member of this profession, developed endotracheal intubation in the 1960s, and the first practitioners of this field used diethyl ether or nitrous oxide. For 10 points, name this field of medicine, which is concerned with knocking people out for surgery.
One agent used in this field causes a form of hepatitis resulting from the production of triflouroacetic acid, and one of the pioneers of this field impressed John Collins Warren with a demonstration, who stated that "this is no humbug"; that was William Thomas Green Morton.
{anesthesia} [or {anesthesiology}]