Operations Without Pain: The Practice and Science of Anaesthesia in Victorian Britain

S. Snow (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

271 Seiten

2005
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-3445-1 (ISBN)

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The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate and geographical difference, Stephanie Snow shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine.

The introduction of anaesthesia to Victorian Britain marked a defining moment between modern medicine and earlier practices. This book uses new information from John Snow's casebooks and London hospital archives to revise many of the existing historical assumptions about the early history of surgical anaesthesia. By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate and geographical difference, Stephanie Snow shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine.

STEPHANIE SNOW is a Wellcome Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester, UK.

List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction From Enlightenment Philosophies to Victorian Reform, 1790-1846 Altered States Science versus Empiricism Risks of Life and Birth Anaesthesia in London: John Snow's Casebooks In the Name of Safety Conclusion: The History of Anaesthesia Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2005
Reihe/Serie	Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Zusatzinfo	XII, 271 p.
Verlagsort	Gordonsville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Anästhesie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4039-3445-2 / 1403934452
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-3445-1 / 9781403934451
Zustand	Neuware