A Case of Inhalation of Ether in Instrumental Labor (pp.313-318). + Inhalation of Ether in a Case of Laborious Labor (pp.335-337).

Channing, Walter

Data di pubblicazione: 1847

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Boston Med. Surg. J., 36/16+17. - Boston, David Clapp, Wednesday, May 19 and 26 8°, pp.309-328; 329-348, 2 fine wrappers. First Editions! Walter Channings first two casees of use of ether in labor! "The success of the above case furnishes additional evidence of the benefical uses of ether in labor. . About four ounces of ether were used in the above case, not more than a third of the quantity first employed". W. Channing Walter Channing (1786-1876) was an American physician and professor of medicine. He was the first professor of obstetrics and medical jurisprudence at Harvard University (then called Harvard College), a position he held from 1815 to 1854. In 1832, he co-founded the Boston Lying-in Hospital for destitute women, now Brigham and Women's Hospital. He became, in 1821, Dr. James Jackson's assistant as physician of the newly established Massachusetts General Hospital, and continued there for nearly twenty years. He was one of the first American physicians to employ anesthesia during childbirth, and wrote a treatise in its favor, serving as the main American advocate of the practice at the time. Of further interest: Warren, Edward: Ethereal inhalation - Dr. Wells Claims as discoverer (pp.322-323). Priority of Discovery of the use of ether vapor (pp.333-335). See - Claude E. Heaton (1946). "The History of Anesthesia and Analgesia in Obstetrics". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 1 (4): 567-572.

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• Titolo: A Case of Inhalation of Ether in Instrumental Labor (pp.313-318). + Inhalation of Ether in a Case of Laborious Labor (pp.335-337).
• Data di pubblicazione: 1847
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