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| 1951 || Drug || Charles Suckling in {{w|Manchester}} first synthesizes {{w|Halothane}}, a general inhalation anesthetic used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.<ref name="Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse: Synthesized Chemicals and Psychoactive Plants">{{cite book |last1=Barceloux |first1=Donald G. |title=Medical Toxicology of Drug Abuse: Synthesized Chemicals and Psychoactive Plants |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=9JLiJcjdqkcC&pg=PA653&dq=%22in+1951%22+%22halothane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq3IyG67rdAhXFjpAKHfDlAzAQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%22halothane%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Agasti |first1=TK |title=Textbook of Anesthesia for Postgraduates |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=f2YOpCMNFD4C&pg=PA414&dq=%22in+1951%22+%22halothane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq3IyG67rdAhXFjpAKHfDlAzAQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%22halothane%22&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Wylie Churchill-Davidson's A Practice of Anesthesia 7th Edition |edition=Thomas EJ Healy, Paul R Knight |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Uh-0XJkj-C8C&pg=PA524&dq=%22in+1951%22+%22halothane%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq3IyG67rdAhXFjpAKHfDlAzAQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=%22in%201951%22%20%22halothane%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="History of anaesthesia"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1952 || Instrumental || Woodbridge introduces the pin index safety system (PISS) into the anesthesia machine.<ref name="The basic anaesthesia machine"/> ||
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| 1955 || Organization || The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) is established in {{w|Scheveningen}}, {{w|Netherlands}}, at the first World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA).<ref name="History of Anesthesia"/> || {{w|Netherlands}}
| 1964 || Drug || Janssen in Belgium synthesizes {{w|etomidate}}, a carboxylated imidazole derivative.<ref name="Pharmacology - Volume II">{{cite book |last1=Majewski |first1=Harry |title=Pharmacology - Volume II |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=nCNVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA301&dq=%22in+1964%22+%22Corssen%22+%22ketamine%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitiKWEjbvdAhVJipAKHXYbAJ0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=%22in%201964%22%20%22Corssen%22%20%22ketamine%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}
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| 1966 || Drug || Robert Virtue begins human trials of the inhalational anesthetic {{w|enflurane}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Anesthesia - Enflurane |url=https://www.dailyrounds.org/rounds/history-of-anesthesia---enflurane |website=dailyrounds.org |accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="History of Anesthesia"/> ||
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| 1970 || Field development || Mexican anesthesiologist J. Antonio Aldrete publishes his "Postanesthetic Recovery Score."<ref name="History of Anesthesia"/> ||
| 1972 || Drug || {{w|Isoflurane}} is introduced as an inhalational anesthetic.<ref name="History of Anesthesia"/> ||
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| 1973 || Instrumental || Japanese physiologist and bioengineer Takuo Aoyagi introduces the pulse oximeter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pulse oximetry: Its invention, contribution to medicine, and future tasks |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11463912_Pulse_oximetry_Its_invention_contribution_to_medicine_and_future_tasks |website=researchgate.net |accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="History of anaesthesia"/> ||
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| 1979 || Instrumental || Standards for anesthesia machine are introduced.<ref name="Anaesthesia machinev"/> ||
