Blessed days of anaesthesia : how anaesthetics changed the world / Stephanie J. Snow.
| Author/creator | Snow, Stephanie J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Discoveries -- Anaesthesia in action -- Women, sex, and suffering -- On battlefields -- The dark side of chloroform -- Changed understandings of pain -- Into the twentieth century and beyond. |
| Abstract | Among the great discoveries of the 19th century, few offer a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than that of anaesthesia. This 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-213) and index. |
| ISBN | 019280586X |
| ISBN | 9780192805867 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 100 S675S 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |