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Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
Ether Day The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
Author: J. M. Fenster, Julie M. Fenster
Ether Day is the unpredictable story of America's first major scientific discovery -- the use of anesthesia -- told in an absorbing narrative that traces the dawn of modern surgery through the lives of three extraordinary men. Ironically, the "discovery" was really no discovery at all: Ether and nitrous oxide had been known for more than forty y...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060195236
ISBN-10: 0060195231
Publication Date: 8/2001
Pages: 288
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Great book describing the days leading up to the using of ether in surgery. Lots of history that moves along and doesn't make you yawn. You get to know the surgeons and the struggles they faced without ether and other medical equipment. You will be glad of the medical age you live in.
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