For Fear of Pain British Surgery, 1790-1850 |
|
| Author:
| Stanley, Peter |
| Series title: | Clio Medica Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-1034-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $142.00 |
Book Description:
|
For Fear of Pain offers a social history of the operating room in Britain during the final decades of painful surgery. It asks profound questions: how could surgeons operate upon conscious patients? How could patients submit? It presents a revisionist view of surgery, hygiene, nursing, military and naval surgery and the introduction of anaesthesia.
For Fear of Pain offers a social history of the operating room in Britain during the final decades of painful surgery. It asks profound questions: how could surgeons operate upon conscious patients? How could patients submit? It presents a revisionist view of surgery, hygiene, nursing, military and naval surgery and the introduction of anaesthesia.