An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”
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Discovery of a new anaesthetic agent, more efficient than sulphuric ether.Lond. med. Gaz., 1847, n.s., 5, 934-37; Lancet, 2, 549, 1847.In an attempt to find an anesthetic less irritating than ether, Simpson discovered the advantages of chloroform. He had previously used ether with great benefit in midwifery, but now substituted chloroform, being the first to do so. Preliminary announcements in Lond. med. Gaz., 1847, n.s. 5, 906. Subjects: ANESTHESIA › Chloroform Permalink: garrison-morton.com/id/7298 |