From Chloroform to Polyhymnia and Euterpe, Liebig's Muses of Hymns and Music

Editorial Views

hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb186-Operating-Room- Lebel A, Maxwell LG, McGrath P, Oberlander TF, Schanberg Procedures-United-States-2012.jsp. Accessed May 9, 2016 LE, Stevens B, Taddio A, von Baeyer CL, Yaster M, Zempsky 10. Cram P, Lu X, Kates SL, Singh JA, Li Y, Wolf BR: Total knee WT: Pediatric analgesic clinical trial designs, measures, arthroplasty volume, utilization, and outcomes among and extrapolation: Report of an FDA scientific workshop. Medicare beneficiaries, 1991–2010. JAMA 2012; 308: 1227–36 Pediatrics 2012; 129:354–64 11. Losina E, Walensky RP, Kessler CL, Emrani PS, Reichmann 15. Rathmell JP, Kehlet H: Do we have the tools to prevent phan- WM, Wright EA, Holt HL, Solomon DH, Yelin E, Paltiel AD, tom limb pain? Anesthesiology 2011; 114:1021–4 Katz JN: Cost-effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty in the 16. Lunn MP, Hughes RA, Wiffen PJ: Duloxetine for treating United States: Patient risk and hospital volume. Arch Intern painful neuropathy, chronic pain or fibromyalgia. Cochrane Med 2009; 169:1113–21; discussion 1121–2 Database Syst Rev 2014; 1:CD007115 12. Westby MD: Rehabilitation and total joint arthroplasty. Clin 17. Haroutiunian S, Nikolajsen L, Finnerup NB, Jensen TS: The Geriatr Med 2012; 28:489–508 neuropathic component in persistent postsurgical pain: A 13. Mou J, Paillard F, Turnbull B, Trudeau J, Stoker M, Katz NP: systematic literature review. Pain 2013; 154:95–102 Downloaded from http://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article-pdf/125/3/456/487343/20160900_0-00013.pdf by guest on 24 September 2021 Efficacy of Qutenza® (capsaicin) 8% patch for neuropathic 18. Frakes EP, Risser RC, Ball TD, Hochberg MC, Wohlreich pain: A meta-analysis of the Qutenza Clinical Trials Database. MM: Duloxetine added to oral nonsteroidal anti-inflamma- Pain 2013; 154:1632–9 tory drugs for treatment of knee pain due to osteoarthritis: 14. Berde CB, Walco GA, Krane EJ, Anand KJ, Aranda JV, Craig Results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled KD, Dampier CD, Finkel JC, Grabois M, Johnston C, Lantos J, trial. Curr Med Res Opin 2011; 27:2361–72 ANESTHESIOLOGY REFLECTIONS FROM THE WOOD LIBRARY-MUSEUM From Chloroform to Polyhymnia and Euterpe, Liebig’s Muses of Hymns and Music

The art mousike (Greek for “pertaining to the Muses”) naturally embraced music itself, and “well-pleasing” Euterpe (right) was the Muse of Music. On this Italian card advertising a company cofounded by chloroform pioneer Justus von Liebig (1803 to 1873), Euterpe is depicted playing the double-reeded, double-piped aulos. Veiled next to her stands Polyhymnia (“many hymned”), the Muse of sacred forms of song, poetry, and dance. Her veil(s) preserved modesty, piety, and mystery. By including veils, scarves, or ribbons, Polyhymnia’s art is arguably practiced today in both religious and secular circles, in modern sacred dance and Olympic rhythmic gymnastics, respectively. (Copyright © the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.) George S. Bause, M.D., M.P.H., Honorary Curator, ASA’s Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. [email protected]. Anesthesiology 2016; 125:454-6 456 M. B. Jacobs and S. P. Cohen