What a blessing she had chloroform : the medical and social response to the pain of childbirth from...
What a blessing she had chloroform : the medical and social response to the pain of childbirth from...
What a blessing she had chloroform : the medical and social response to the pain of childbirth from 1800 to the present / Donald Caton.
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New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N617.9682/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Physicians and the Pain of Childbirth. 1. "The Head of Jove and the Body of Bacchus": James Young Simpson and the Beginning of Obstetric Anesthesia. 2. "A Cup of Circe": The Opposition to Obstetric Anesthesia. 3. "Bled, Leeched, Salivated": The Transformation of Medical Practice by Science. 4...
11. "Pain Makes Things Valuable": The Danger of Drugs and the Social Value of Pain. 12. "The Greatest Misery of Sickness Is Solitude": Current Controversy.
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Publisher
New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
1999.
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This book describes in fascinating detail the history of the use of anesthesia in childbirth and in so doing offers a unique perspective on the interaction between medical science and social values. Dr. Donald Caton traces the responses of physicians and their patients to the pain of childbirth from the popularization of anesthesia to the natural c...
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What a blessing she had chloroform : the medical and social response to the pain of childbirth from 1800 to the present / Donald Caton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N617.9682/2
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ISBN
0300075979 :
9780300075977 (alk. paper)
0300075979 (alk. paper)
9780300075977 :
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617.9682
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991007303209702626
