Mesmerism and the Introduction of Surgical Anesthesia to Victorian England

Author: Winter, Alison

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 61, Number 2, 1998, pp. 30-37

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 61:2, 1998

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:61.2.Mesmerism

Abstract

How professional jealousy, not altruism, led to the widespread use of ether and other chemical anesthetics.

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