Military influence upon the development of anaesthesia from the American Civil War (1861-1865) to the outbreak of the First World War

Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1213-1217

  Metcalfe, Neil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEGLECT; OPERATING ROOM; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SKILL; SOLDIER; SURGEON; WAR;

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; WAR; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 28844439220     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04378.x     Document Type: Article

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