02791nam 2200637Ia 450 991097268150332120251117003453.01-383-00282-71-281-97564-897866119756470-19-153957-0(CKB)1000000000707882(EBL)1073482(OCoLC)818851766(SSID)ssj0000290178(PQKBManifestationID)11234160(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290178(PQKBWorkID)10410442(PQKB)10413701(Au-PeEL)EBL1073482(CaPaEBR)ebr10278506(CaONFJC)MIL197564(Au-PeEL)EBL415127(OCoLC)476240237(MiAaPQ)EBC1073482(MiAaPQ)EBC415127(EXLCZ)99100000000070788220080129d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlessed days of anaesthesia how anaesthetics changed the world /Stephanie J. SnowOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-280586-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-213) and index.Contents; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZAmong 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 printing press, anaesthesia offered pain-free operations, childbirth with reduced suffering, and instant access to the world beyond consciousness. And yet, upon its introduction, Victorian medics, moralists, clergymen, and scientists, wereplunged into turmoil.This vivid and engaging account of the early days of anaesthesia unravels some key moments inAnesthesiaHistoryHistory19th centuryHistory, Modern20th centuryAnesthesiaHistory.HistoryHistory, Modern617.96Snow Stephanie J1859418MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972681503321Blessed days of anaesthesia4463183UNINA