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On chloroform and other anæsthetics: their action and administration

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By John Snow
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A thorough clinical and practical study of chloroform and related anesthetics that reviews their history, chemistry, preparation, physical properties, and common adulterations; characterizes vapour behaviour and physiological effects including degrees of narcotism, pulse and nervous system responses, complications, and reported fatalities; examines patient and situational factors that modify effects; gives experimental data, guidance on dosing, apparatus and techniques for safe administration, management of complications and treatment of suspended animation, and evaluates anesthetic use across many surgical operations; it concludes with a memoir of the author.

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Title: On chloroform and other anæsthetics: their action and administration

Author: John Snow

Editor: Benjamin Ward Richardson

Release date: June 14, 2022 [eBook #68315]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: John Churchill, 1858

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ON
CHLOROFORM
AND
OTHER ANÆSTHETICS:
THEIR
ACTION AND ADMINISTRATION.

BY
JOHN SNOW, M.D.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
EDITED,
WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR,
BY
BENJAMIN W. RICHARDSON, M.D.,
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
LONDON:
JOHN CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
MDCCCLVIII.