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Smith P. On the employment of ether by inhalation in obstetric practice, with cases and clinical observations, 1847.

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Catalog Record: Smith P. On the employment of ether by inhalation in obstetric practice, with cases and clinical observations, 1847.

Title: On the employment of ether by inhalation in obstetric practice, with cases and clinical observations / by Protheroe Smith.

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Author: Smith, Protheroe, 1809-1889.

WLM Call Number: WO 278 E8 Sm51 1847 RB

Accession NO.: RB746

Publisher: London : T.C. Savill, [1847?].

Physical Description: 24 p. ; 18 cm.

Subject: Ether, Sulphuric.
Subject: Analgesia, Obstetrical.
Subject: Obstetrics.
Subject: Anesthesia, Obstetrical.

Type of Trace: Reprinted from
Title: The lancet, May 1st, 1847.

Abstract: Smith cites Sir James Young Simpson and the French surgeon Dubois as authorities on obstetric anesthesia. He recommends anesthesia as a means to obviate labor pain to assure health for the mother and the child.

General Notes: English obstetrician-gynecologist Protheroe Smith was among the early practitioners who advocated ether anesthesia for obstetric and labor pain relief.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics March 10, 2010.