This book reflects the proceedings of the Boerhaave Course, "Developments in drugs used in Anaesthesia," held on r'lay 7th and 8th 1981 at Leiden University. The goal of the organizers of the course was to obtain a better under standing of the pharmacological and clinical applications of the drugs used in the field of Anaesthesiology. In my opinion, there is a constant need for post-graduate teaching not only on a clinical basis, but also in the so-called "basic sciences." This especially applies to anaesthetists. I would like to express my thanks to the speakers, who were all so kind as to...