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In 1913, Chevalier Jackson was the first to report a high rate of success for the use of direct laryngoscopy as a means to intubate the trachea.

Jackson introduced a new laryngoscope blade that incorporated a component that the operator could slide out to allow room for passage of an endotracheal tube or bronchoscope.

Also in 1913, New York surgeon Henry H. Janeway ( 1873 – 1921 ) published results he had achieved using a laryngoscope he had recently developed.

Another pioneer in this field was Sir Ivan Whiteside Magill ( 1888 – 1986 ), who developed the technique of awake blind nasotracheal intubation, the Magill forceps, the Magill laryngoscope blade, and several apparati for the administration of volatile anesthetic agents.

The Magill curve of an endotracheal tube is also named for Magill.

Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh ( 1897 – 1989 ) introduced a curved laryngoscope blade in 1943 ; the Macintosh blade remains to this day the most widely used laryngoscope blade for orotracheal intubation.