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Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870), by H. Laing Gordon, a Project Gutenberg eBook

Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870), by H. Laing Gordon, a Project Gutenberg eBook

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Author
Gordon, H. Laing (Henry Laing)
Title
Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine
Credits
Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
R: Medicine
Subject
Anesthetics
Category
Text
eBook-No.
34128
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34128
Release Date
October 24, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870)
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.CHAPTER I Birth and Childhood. 1811-1825
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. Student Days. 1825-1830.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III Further Studies. 1830-1835
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV Early Practice and Professorship. 1835-1840
  8. 8.CHAPTER V Professor and Physician. 1840-1847
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI The Discovery of Anæsthetics. 1844-1847
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII The Fight for Anæsthesia. 1847 onwards — Table of the Mortality of Amputations of the Thigh.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII Home Life—Controversies
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX Archæology—Practice
  13. 13.CHAPTER X PERSONAL—PROFESSORIAL—PROFESSIONAL — For Injury. — For Disease.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI FURTHER REFORMS—HONOURS
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII FAILING HEALTH—DEATH — PROMETHEUS.
  16. 16.APPENDIX — I. — II.
  17. 17.INDEX — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — Y

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