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Operations without pain :

(Number (ISBN

0230209491

(Number (ISBN

9780230209497

Number

b387159

Title Proper

Operations without pain :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the practice and science of anaesthesia in Victorian Britain

First Statement of Responsibility

Stephanie J. Snow.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Basingstoke [England] ; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xii, 271 pages) : illustrations.

Series Title

Science, technology, and medicine in modern history.

Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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

Electronic books; History

Stephanie J Snow

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