Operations Without Pain: The Practice and Science of Anaesthesia in Victorian Britain
(Part of the Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History Series)
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Inhalational anaesthesia was the first medical and scientific technique to become a legitimate means of pain relief. Its introduction to medicine in 1846 sparked one of the most intense public debates of the period. It challenged religious principles and at its center posed one of medicine's fundamental questions: risk versus benefit of medical intervention. This book explains how the introduction of anaesthesia intertwines with a wide variety of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1403934452
ISBN13:9781403934451
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:271 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"
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