Sherwin B. Nuland

The Origins of Anesthesia. A Compendium volume with a collection of 12 reprints about anesthesia dated from 1824 to 1861.

Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, 1983. First Edition. Full Leather. Fine Conditioon. Item #376521

Nuland's Origins of Anesthesia gathers a curated sequence of early texts and historical narratives tracing the long, experimental path toward surgical insensibility. Beginning with ancient and Renaissance anodynes, it moves through vitalism, mesmerism, pneumatic chemistry, nitrous oxide, ether frolics, suspended animation, and the first clinical trials by Crawford Long, Horace Wells, Morton, Jackson, Simpson, and their contemporaries. The volume reprints primary accounts from 1824-1861, including Edward Warren's description of the letheon, alongside Nuland's interpretive chapters, portraits, and editorial notes. As a compendium, it offers both historical synthesis and documentary evidence, showing how chemical vapours, experimental physiology, and contested priority claims converged to reshape nineteenth‑century operative practice. Despite the sole title, this is actually a compendium work of 12 distinct publications and authors. Bound in full leather, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, and gilt lettered & decorated spine and boards, and sewn silk bookmark ribbon. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Classics of Medicine; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.

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