Ivan Magill

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Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888-1986) was an Irish born anaesthetist who is famous for his involvement in much of the innovation and development in modern anaesthesia.

Originally a general practitioner, he accepted a post at the Queen's Hospital, Sidcup in 1919 as an anaesthetist. The hospital had been established for the treatment of facial injuries sustained in the World War I. Working with plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, he was responsible for the development of numerous items of anaesthetic equipment but most particularly the single-tube technique of endotracheal anaesthesia. This was driven by the immense difficulties of administering "standard" anaesthetics such as chloroform and ether to men with severe facial injury using masks; they would cover the operative field. Following the closure of the hospital, and the diminishing numbers of patients seen from the war era, he continued to work with Gillies in private practice but was also appointed to the Westminster and Brompton Hospitals, London.

He was knighted in 1960.

[edit] Magill's Developments

• Endotracheal anaesthesia
• An anaesthetic breathing system
• Forceps
• Laryngoscope
• One-lung anaesthesia
• Endobronchial tubes and bronchial blockers
• Bobbin flowmeters

[edit] Papers by Ivan Magill

Magill IW. Endotracheal Anaesthesia Proc RSM, 1928, 22(2):85-88

Magill I. Warming Ether Vapour for inhalation Lancet 1921,i:1270 (letter)

Magill I. An apparatus for the Administration of Nitrous Oxide, Oxygen and Ether Lancet 1923,ii: 228

Magill I. The Provision for Expiration in Endotracheal insufflation Lancet 1923, ii: 68-9

Magill I. A Portable Apparatus for Tracheal Insufflation Anaesthesia Lancet 1921, i: 918

Rowbotham ES, Magill I. Anaesthetics in the Plastic Surgery of the Face and Jaws Proc RSM 1921, 14: 17-27

In addition Magill contributed a chapter to Gillies HD, Millard R: Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery (Boston, Little Brown & Co, 1957).