9781403934451
Operations Without Pain: The Practice And Science Of Anaesthesia In Victorian Britain (Science, Technology And Medicine In Modern History) - Stephanie Snow
Palgrave Macmillan (2006)
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Anesthesia, Anesthesia/ Great Britain/ History/ 19th Century, Anesthesia/ History/ Great Britain, Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology/ Great Britain/ History/ 19th Century

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 other nineteenth century medical and cultural issues: the growing elitism of surgery, the emerging professionalism of medicine, the popular and progressive culture of science and the secularization of society.

Product Details
LoC Classification RD80.5.G7 .S56 2006
Dewey 617.90941
Format Hardcover
Cover Price 84,95 €
No. of Pages 256
Height x Width 216 x 142 mm