Can I read The Chloroformist on EtoBox?

The Chloroformist by Ball, Christine is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Chloroformist about?

The historical biography of Joseph Clover and the invention of anaesthesia Operating with bare hands, dressed in his street clothes, he had taken those first steps that every training surgeon must take-gripping the handle of a scalpel and making the first, irrevocable cut into live human flesh. For the surgeon training in the early 1840s, these first surgical milestones were performed on a person who would recoil in terror and horror, flinch, pull away, shake-and scream and scream and scream. Until 1846, surgery was performed without anaesthesia; extraordinary operations, carried out on conscious, terrified patients. Surgeons of that era were bold and courageous and saved many lives. But anaesthesia changed everything. With an unconscious patient, the surgeon could take his time. Surgery became slower, more careful and more delicate. And as anaesthesia removed the pain of surgery, the medical world gave more attention to surgical infection, heralding in the use of antiseptics and eventually aseptic surgery. By 1881, the operating theatre was unrecognisable- everything had changed. Much has been written about surgery in the nineteenth century, but little has been said about the deve

Who reads The Chloroformist?

Author

Ball, Christine

Publisher

MUP (Melbourne University Press)

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780522877748

Category

history

Subjects

Medical, History, Medicine

Rating

4.4 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14