Harold Randall Griffith

Harold Randall Griffith (1894 - 1985) was an Canadian anesthesiologist and a leader in the fields of anesthesiology. He graduated from McGill University in 1922, later became the first President of the Canadian Anaesthetist's Society and the first elected president of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA). On January 23, 1942 he used curare for the first time during anesthesia to produce muscle relaxation.