Anaesthetics ancient and modern [electronic resource] : an historical sketch of anaesthesia : lecture memoranda, American Medical Association, Atlantic City, N.J., 1907 (1907)
Wellcome, Henry S. (Henry Solomon), Sir, 1853-1936, Burroughs Wellcome and Company · London : Burroughs Wellcome · leaf 35
the limb aboutto be removed, was also proposed, by James Moore in1784, and tried by Hunter and others, but the resultscould not be regarded as successful. Surgical operations at this time meant periods ofagonising pain, and the stoutest hearts often quailedat the prospect. It is said that Lord… … Joseph Priestley ANESTHETICS, ANTIENT AND MODERN 33 water kept ready, so that at the worst he might beoperated upon with a warm knife. Thus from the dawn of. creation anaesthesia forsurgical operations had been practised to some extent,but owing to the uncertainty of the potency The dawnand action…
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