Completed just before his death in 1858, this is John Snow’s account of the anaesthetic agents he studied and used: chloroform, ether, amylene and others. He discusses how each acts on the body, how it should be given by inhalation, and the causes of the deaths that alarmed the profession. Benjamin Ward Richardson adds a memoir of Snow’s life.
A landmark in the history of medicine by the founder of modern epidemiology, to be read as history and not as clinical guidance. Download the free EPUB.