Pre World War II, practising anaesthetists in Australia relied heavily on two companies—Commonwealth Industrial Gases and H.I. Clements & Son—for technical support. Post-war, these two were joined by Telectronics, the Australian company which exploited the electronic revolution in monitoring. From a position of profitability and major market share, all three fell to earth for commercial, political and managerial reasons.
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