Blessed Days of Anaesthesia

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.

Zusatztext a history of anesthesia in Great Britain and the United States that medical professionals, historians, and the general public can all read with pleasure... Snow does indeed demonstrate the importance of anestllesia to medical histoty, current medical practice, and especially to untold millions of patients around the world past and present. Informationen zum Autor Stephanie Snow is a Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester. She wrote her PhD thesis on the life and work of John Snow (1813-1858), and is the author of Operations Without Pain: The practice and science of anaesthesia in Victorian Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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Stephanie Snow is a Research Associate at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester. She wrote her PhD thesis on the life and work of John Snow (1813-1858), and is the author of Operations Without Pain: The practice and science of anaesthesia in Victorian Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

Contenu

• 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