240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published 1979 The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine looks at the discovery of inhalation anaesthesia in 1846, and how it began a new era in surgery. The book looks at James Young Simpson’s demonstration of the value of chloroform as an anaesthetic, and how many surgeons quickly adopted it. The book also looks at the dangers of chloroform if mishandled and only after... Read more
Preface
1. Medicine and Surgery in Early Victorian Britain
2. The Advance of Anaesthesia
3. The Fight for Chloroform
4. Germs, Inflammation and Antisepsis
5. The Fight for Antisepsis
6. The Fight for New Ideas
Appendix
Index
Biography
A.J. Youngson
