The use of ether and chloroform (pp.101-103). + Etherization, a compendium of its history, surgical use, dangers and discovery (pp.229-237; 254-266).

Bigelow, Henry Jacob

Publication Date: 1848

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Boston Med. Surg. J., 38+39. - Boston, David Clapp, February 1848 to August 1848, 8°, 532 pp.; August, 1848 to February 1849, 8°, 548 pp., half leather with marbled boards; fine. First Edition! HENRY JACOB BIGELOW (1818-90). - "As the dangers of surgical anesthesia became more well known, Bigelow wrote a series of articles detailing these problems. To clarify some of the questions concerning the hazards of surgical anesthesia, Bigelow also prepared a report for presentation to the members of the American Medical Association. This series of papers was later reprinted as a monograph entitled Ether and chloroform; their discovery and physiological effects (Boston: D. Clapp, 1848 |G-M 5730)." Rutkow Bigelow's speedy publication of Morton's discovery, and his subsequent advocacy of ether as an anesthetic assured its adoption throughout the civilized world. The above work deals with the priority claims of Morton and Charles Thomas Jackson, with Bigelow taking Morton's side in the dispute. Further of interest: REUBEN DIMOND MUSSEY (1780-1866): Chloroform in surgical operations (pp.194-195). + Chloroform (pp.520-521). "Mussey was professor of surgery at the Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati at the time he wrote these two letters to the editor of the Boston medical and surgical journal. As the clinical use of surgical anesthesia increased, there was a growing controversy, both in America and Europe, over the efficacy of chloroform versus ether. Mussey had had extensive experience with chloroform, and noted that his operations proceeded "without a single unpleasant effect in any case." Rutkow JONATHAN KNIGHT (1789-1864) & DAVID ATWATER TYLER (1818-85): Popliteal aneurism successfully treated by compression (pp.293-296.). "The present paper contains an account of the first reported cure of aneurism by the method of digital compression." Rutkow JONATHAN PARKER MAYNARD (1817-98): Discovery and application of the new liquid adhesive plaster (pp.178-183). "His article describes the first known use of collodion as a surgical dressing. Collodion is a term used to describe a solution of pyroxylin or soluble gun cotton (cellulose treated with nitric acid) dissolved in alcohol and ether. Flexile collodion is made by adding castor oil and turpentine." Rutkow Rutkow ANp28,29,31,32, GSp83,84. Seller Inventory # 64894

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Title: The use of ether and chloroform (pp.101-103)...

Publication Date: 1848

Binding: Soft cover