Canberra: Australian National University Press. Near Fine/Very Good+. 1979. First Edition. Hardback. This book shows that a great many factors interacted in delaying the introduction of new ideas such as inhalation anaesthesia, antiseptic surgery and painless childbirth. The almost wholly unscientific nature of British medical education and practice before 1860 or 1870, detailed in the first chapter, was one factor; rivalry and distrust between London and Scotland was another. Genuine disadvantages ... (more information)

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