Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Anesthesia -- History.
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Anesthesia. |
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History. |
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History -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
History, Modern -- 20th century.
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History, Modern. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Snow, Stephanie J. Blessed days of anaesthesia. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2008 6611975640 9786611975647 (OCoLC)316829998 |
ISBN |
0191539570 (electronic book) |
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9780191539572 (electronic book) |
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1281975648 |
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9781281975645 |
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9780192805867 (alkaline paper) |
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019280586X (alkaline paper) |
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