Contents: Physical and physiologic concepts involving respiration and resuscitation, by Forrest M. Bird; Anesthetic equipment demonstration, by William V. Lumb and Lawrence R. Soma; Pre- and postanesthetic agents, by William V. Lumb; Inhalation anesthetic agents, by Lawrence R. Soma; The intravenous anesthetic agents, by William V. Lumb; Emergency situations encountered in the operating room, by Lawrence R. Soma; The physiologic and pharmacologic effects of sernylan: A review, by H.E. Stoliker; Physiologic and biochemical responses to methoxyflurane anesthesia, by Maynard B. Chenoweth; Technics of hypothermia applicable to research: A review, by Richard C. Wolff; Some current impressions of electro-anesthesia, by Calvin C. Turbes; Prolonged halothane - diethyl ether azeotropic anesthesia in the canine, by Evender E. Elefson; Surgical anesthesia in sheep, by Keith L. Kraner, Arthur M. Silverstein, and Charles J. Parshall, Jr.; Technics of bear anesthesia applicable to research, by Phillip W. Day; Anesthetic technics for the chimpanzee, by Phillip W. Day; Anesthetic technics in the baboon with some observations on other primates, by Thomas E. Vice, Larry D. Claborn, and R.A. Ratner; Anesthetic technics of the Macaca Mulatta, by Donald C. Sawyer; Anesthetic technics of the rat and guinea pig, by Richard M. Hoar; Anesthetic technics of rabbits and mice, by Donald C. Sawyer; Anesthesia of fishes, by George W. Klontz; Surgical anesthesia in snakes, by Keith L. Kraner, Arthur M. Silverstein, and Charles J. Parshall, Jr.