Andrew Doughty
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Andrew Doughty was a leading anesthetist
Anesthesiologist
An anesthesiologist or anaesthetist is a physician trained in anesthesia and peri-operative medicine....

. In 1957, he invented the Doughty gag, with a split blade, (which allows use of an endotracheal tube) and is in universal use to this day. In 1973, he set up an epidural
Epidural
The term epidural is often short for epidural analgesia, a form of regional analgesia involving injection of drugs through a catheter placed into the epidural space...

 course at Kingston Hospital
Kingston Hospital
Kingston Hospital is an acute NHS hospital in Kingston upon Thames, South West London. It has an Accident & Emergency Unit, a popular midwife-led Maternity unit, and an STD clinic known as the Wolverton Centre...

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He was born in 1916 and qualified from St Thomas's Hospital in 1941. Doughty is now retired living in Thames Ditton
Thames Ditton
Thames Ditton is a village in Surrey, England, bordering Greater London. It is situated 12.2 miles south-west of Charing Cross between the towns of Kingston upon Thames, Surbiton, Esher and East Molesey...

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Recent reports that the author of the Hawaii books by the same name is the same Dr.
 
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