Andrew Doughty Explained

Andrew Gerald Doughty MRCS LRCP FRCA FRCOG (2 September 1916, Lincoln  - 2 June 2013)^[1] was an English anaesthetist.

In 1957, he invented the Doughty gag, a modification of the Boyle-Davis gag for anaesthesia during adenotonsillectomy. It has a split blade, which allows use of an endotracheal tube and is in universal use to this day.^{[2] [3]} He was an early promoter of the use of epidural anaesthesia during childbirth.^{[4] [5]} In 1973, he set up an epidural course at Kingston Hospital. This two-week-long, one-on-one training course drew attendees from all over the world, and places had to be booked years in advance.

He was born in 1916 in Lincoln and qualified from St Thomas's Hospital in 1941. In retirement Doughty lived in Thames Ditton.

Notes and References

1. Web site: DOUGHTY - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements.
2. Doughty. Andrew. 25 May 1957. A modification of the tongue-plate of the Boyle-Davis gag. Lancet. 272. 6978. 1074. 13429880. 10.1016/s0140-6736(57)91445-9 .
3. Web site: Citation given by Dr Anna-Maria Rollin in 1993 on the occasion of Dr Andrew Doughty's election to Honorary Membership of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207065401/http://www.oaa-anaes.ac.uk/content.asp?ContentID=36. 7 February 2012. Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association. 28 September 2012.
4. Doughty. Andrew. 1969. Selective epidural analgesia and the forceps rate. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 41. 12. 1058–1062. 10.1093/bja/41.12.1058. 5365524. free.
5. Book: Doughty, Andrew. Epidural Analgesia in Obstetrics: A Second Symposium, University of Warwick, Coventry. 1980. Lloyd-Luke Medical Books. London.