Anesthesia was in its infancy when the American Civil War began in 1861. The sheer number of casualties gave surgeons on both sides the opportunity to gain experience with the first two anesthetic ...
The origins of applied anesthesia in humans in the Western Hemisphere is a brief and relatively modern history. Liquid ether was identified by Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) in 1540 ...
Australian journalist and novelist Cole-Adams (Walking to the Moon) mingles her own experiences under anesthesia with those of other patients and doctors, producing a personal work that is a mix of ...
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