Romance, Poetry, and Surgical Sleep - Literature Influences Medicine (Hardcover, New)

Pain and suffering, once associated with punishment for sin, became regarded as a purposeless evil that was hostile to human welfare. The works of Thomas Beddoes, Coleridge, and Shelley embody the change in attitude toward suffering and lay the groundwork for the general use of anesthesia in modern medicine. Papper contends that there was no real societal readiness to treat or prevent pain until the idea of the worth of the common man or woman was established by the upheaval of the French Revolution. The humanitarian concepts that we take for granted were relatively recent developments in Western society and were associated with the recognition of the importance of the individual.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contributions in Medical Studies
Release date:	May 1995
First published:	May 1995
Authors:	E.M. Papper
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-29405-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Anaesthetics > General
LSN:	0-313-29405-4
Barcode:	9780313294051

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