What a blessing she had chloroform : the medical and social response to the pain of childbirth from 1800 to the present /

"This book describes in fascinating detail the history of the use of anesthesia in childbirth and in so doing offers a unique perspective on the interaction between medical science and social values. Dr. Donald Caton traces the responses of physicians and their patients to the pain of childbirt...

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Main Author: Caton, Donald, 1937-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.
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