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Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How Anaesthetics Changed the World
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 printing press, anaesthesia offered pain-free operations, childbirth with reduced suffering, and instant access to the world bey...more
Paperback, 226 pages
Published
October 1st 2009
by Oxford University Press, USA
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A very interesting history detailing the discovery and development of anaesthesia. Most of the book focuses on the early history, with only a short chapter devoted to modern anaesthetics.
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