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Snow J. On the inhalation of chloroform and ether, 1848.

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Catalog Record: Snow J. On the inhalation of chloroform and ether, 1848.

Title: On the inhalation of chloroform and ether / by John Snow.

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Author: Snow, John, 1813-1858.

WLM Call Number: WO 277 S674o 1848 RB

Accession NO.: 2084

Publisher: London : T.C. Savill, 1848.

Physical Description: 16 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Provenance: Inscribed on title page: “With the Author’s compl”.

Subject: Ether, Sulphuric.
Subject: Chloroform.
Subject: Anesthesia, Inhalation.

Type of Trace: Reprinted from
Title: Lancet, February 12th, 1848.

Type of Trace: Alt title
Title: Inhalation of chloroform and ether.

Abstract: Snow compares ether and chloroform in their effectiveness, desirability
and safety, and classifies the depths of anesthesia into five stages.
He also attempts to explain the actions of the two anesthetics.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics June 22, 2010.

General Notes: “Reprinted, except the foot-notes, from The Lancet of February 12th, 1848.”