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Operations without pain :

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the practice and science of anaesthesia in Victorian Britain

Stephanie J. Snow.

Basingstoke [England] ; New York

Palgrave Macmillan,

2006.

(xii, 271 pages) : illustrations.

Science, technology, and medicine in modern history.

From Enlightenment philosophies to Victorian reform, 1790-1846 -- Altered states -- Science versus empiricism -- Risks of life and birth -- Anaesthesia in London: John Snow's casebooks -- In the name of salary.

The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. But although the benefits of surgical pain relief were indisputable, the process was in some ways strangely pradoxical. Inhaling gas brought patients to the verges of death to save them the agony of surgery. In the operating theatre surgeons were accustomed to terrified patients but not to theThe introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. But although the benefits of surgical pain relief were indisputable, the process was in some ways strangely pradoxical. Inhaling gas brought patients to the verges of death to save them the agony of surgery. In the operating theatre surgeons were accustomed to terrified patients but not to theThe introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. But although the benefits of surgical pain relief were indisputable, the process was in some ways strangely pradoxical. Inhaling gas brought patients to the verges of death to save them the agony of surgery. In the operating theatre surgeons were accustomed to terrified patients but not to the",,,,,"The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate andThe introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate andgeographical difference, Stephanie Snow shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine.The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate andThe introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate andgeographical difference, Stephanie Snow shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine.The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate andThe introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate andgeographical difference, Stephanie Snow shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine.Read less

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