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

By examining complex patterns of innovation, reversals, debate and geographical difference, the author shows how anaesthesia became established as a routine part of British medicine. This book uses information from John Snow's casebooks and London hospital archives to revise many of the existing historical assumptions.

List of contents

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

Report

'Snow's prose is lucid and expressive, her theses insightful, her conclusions illuminating and well supported... This book deserves to become both a standard reference work for students of Victorian medicine and a template for future workers in this field.' - Medical History
'Operations without pain is a meticulously written book that also deals largely with historical aspects of pain...she [Stephanie J. Snow] sheds fascinating light on the medical scenes in America and Victorian Britain.' - Brain

Product details

• Authors: S Snow, S. Snow, Stephanie Snow, Stephanie J. Snow
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2005
• EAN: 9781403934451
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-3445-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History; Science, Technology & Medicine; Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History; Science, Technology and Medici; Science, Technology & Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous