Anesthesia has a long and interesting history. It all started in ancient times. Back then pretty simple methods were used, but even those methods allowed performing first surgical operations. Ancient Incas' shamans in South America used leaves of cocoa to provide their patients with anaesthetization. And it was a vital thing, because even in those times people had already been performing complex surgeries. Archeological discoveries show that ancient people used to drill holes in the skull of a sick person to hoodoo evil spirits. Although the effectiveness of such methods of treatment is doubtful, the quality of surgeries that were performed by ancient doctors was top notch. And that is taken into consideration that they used very primitive instruments. First surgeries were performed with very simple stone instruments. But with the time all these instruments and different methods of surgery were developed along with methods and equipment of anesthesia. These days we can easily study the history of this development at any medical museum. Even pretty simple collection of historical anaesthetic equipment will show all the stages that equipment of anaesthetists went through. Such a historical study helps to understand all the achievements of modern anaesthetic technology much better. And it is so curios to know that many people collect different historical anaesthetic equipment. In some cases such personal collections can be much bigger and much better than collections of medical equipment in different museums. That is a wonderful hobby and ardent collectors are ready to pay huge sums of money for a rare piece of historical anaesthetic equipment. But still the main purpose of such collections of historical anaesthetic equipment is usually educational and they are used by medical departments. For medical students who study surgery it is very important to understand clearly all the methods modern anesthesia employs. But there is a problem here; there are not so many books about anaesthetic equipment and techniques available. That is one of the reasons of high popularity of "Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment". These days several editions of this book are available. "Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment" gives medical students a brief and transparent explanation of anaesthetic methods and the description of equipment applied in this area. "Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment" has become "a must have" text book for medical students and trainee anaesthetists. And not only students but also nurses working in intensive care or anaesthetic nurses will definitely find "Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment" a very valuable book. Great color photographs that accompany almost all the descriptions in the book help to understand the purpose of each device and instrument much faster and easier. The information covered in "Essentials of Anaesthetic Equipment" is so detailed adn comprehensive that it can even become a handbook for a professional anaesthetist.