Title: An inquiry into the origin of modern anaesthesia.Author:
Truman SmithPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03202500CollectionID:
CTRG00-B245PublicationDate: 18670101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "The papers constituting this examination were, with
the exception of the last chapter, originally published as
communications in "The Medical and Surgical Reporter," at
Philadelphia, under the 'nom de plume' of 'A Lover of Truth and
Justice, ' and are now re-published with a view to a more extended
circulation"--P. 3] "A reprint of communications published in the
'Medical and Surgical Reporter, ' vol. 11, Jan-March, 1864, under
the pseudonym of 'A Lover of Truth and Justice'" "Life of Horace
Wells, M.D." by P.W. Ellsworth, M.D.: p. 7]-13. Includes a history
of the controversy over the discovery of anesthesia by the
claimants W. T. G. Morton, Horace Wells, and Charles T. Jackson,
with letters, and testimonials on Wells' behalf, a Senate report of
the Hon. Henry Wilson, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, an addendum and an appendix with letters and case
studies.Collation: 165 p, 1] leaf of plates: port.; 23 cm
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