An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

CRILE, George Washington

5 entries
  • 5622

An experimental research into surgical shock.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1899.

Crile saw and recorded elevations in systemic and portal venous pressures under experimental shock.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Shock, SURGERY: General
  • 5624
  • 5687

An experimental and clinical research into certain problems relating to surgical operations.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1901.

Crile made important contributions to knowledge regarding shock. He originated the theory that it is due to exhaustion of the vasomotor center. (See also No. 5629.)

Chapter V:  On the physiologic action of cocain and eucain when injected into tissues. (pp. 88-162). Crile developed anesthetic blocking of nerve trunks.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.



Subjects: ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA › Cocaine, CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Shock, SURGERY: General
  • 5627

Blood-pressure in surgery.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1903.


Subjects: SURGERY: General
  • 5628

Hemorrhage and transfusion.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1909.


Subjects: SURGERY: General , THERAPEUTICS › Blood Transfusion
  • 5629

The kinetic theory of shock and its prevention through anoci-association (shockless operation).

Lancet, 2, 7-16, 1913.

Crile advanced the anoci-association concept in which local and general anesthesia are combined in a sequence to eliminate pre-operative fear and tension.



Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Shock, SURGERY: General