Blessed days of anaesthesia : how anaesthetics changed the world /
Snow, Stephanie J.
Blessed days of anaesthesia : how anaesthetics changed the world / Stephanie J. Snow. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Discoveries; 3 Anaesthesia in Action; 4 Women, Sex, and Suffering; 5 On Battlefields; 6 The Dark Side of Chloroform; 7 Changed Understandings of Pain; 8 Into the Twentieth Century and Beyond; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index.
Among the great discoveries of the nineteenth century, few offer a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the new science of anaesthesia. This vivid and engaging history reveals how the worlds of Victorian medics, moralists, and clergymen were plunged into turmoil and debate by the discovery and introduction of anaesthetic medicine. - ;Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one of the greatest inventions for humanity since the p.
English.
0191539570 (electronic bk.) 9780191539572 (electronic bk.) 1281975648 9781281975645 9786611975647 6611975640 (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
197564 MIL
2008300656
GBA847409 bnb
014566269 Uk
1800-1999
Anesthesia--History.
History--19th century.
History, Modern--20th century.
Anesthésie--Histoire.
Histoire--19e siècle.
Histoire--20e siècle.
MEDICAL--Nursing--Anesthesia.
MEDICAL--Anesthesiology.
History
Anesthesia.
History, Modern.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
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Blessed days of anaesthesia : how anaesthetics changed the world / Stephanie J. Snow. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Discoveries; 3 Anaesthesia in Action; 4 Women, Sex, and Suffering; 5 On Battlefields; 6 The Dark Side of Chloroform; 7 Changed Understandings of Pain; 8 Into the Twentieth Century and Beyond; Endnotes; Further Reading; Index.
Among the great discoveries of the nineteenth century, few offer a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the new science of anaesthesia. This vivid and engaging history reveals how the worlds of Victorian medics, moralists, and clergymen were plunged into turmoil and debate by the discovery and introduction of anaesthetic medicine. - ;Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one of the greatest inventions for humanity since the p.
English.
0191539570 (electronic bk.) 9780191539572 (electronic bk.) 1281975648 9781281975645 9786611975647 6611975640 (alk. paper) (alk. paper)
197564 MIL
2008300656
GBA847409 bnb
014566269 Uk
1800-1999
Anesthesia--History.
History--19th century.
History, Modern--20th century.
Anesthésie--Histoire.
Histoire--19e siècle.
Histoire--20e siècle.
MEDICAL--Nursing--Anesthesia.
MEDICAL--Anesthesiology.
History
Anesthesia.
History, Modern.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
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