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Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1979.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in original publisher's cloth. Library of Congress surplus ink stamp on two leaves; small book label of previous owner on front pastedown. 237pp..

Canberra, ANU Press, 1979.. 238pp. 8vo. Original boards in d/w., a very good copy.

New. 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 considerable controversy and numerous fatalities was its use thoroughly understood and established. Ten years later an even more lengthy struggle began over antiseptic surgery. The 'germ' theory, on which Lister's technique was founded had few adherents among British surgeons, and his methods were deemed absurdly complicated. He was opposed and sometimes ridiculed by the most distinguished men in the profession, including Simpson. Over ten years were required to persuade the majority of British surgeons that Lister did actually achieve the results which he claimed and that it was possible for… Read More

Hardback. New.

Routledge, 2018. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.71 inches.