The short, tragic life Robert M. Glover

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-400

  Defalque, R J ^a   Wright, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: Mortality; Chloroform; History: Aneasthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ANESTHESIA; AUTOPSY; CAREER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMISTRY; DEATH; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LUNG TOXICITY; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHLOROFORM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 1842855300     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03671.x     Document Type: Review

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