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Blessed days of anaesthesia : how anaesthetics changed the world /
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 dis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.