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(ANESTHESIA.) Simpson, James Young. Anaesthesia; or, The Employment of Chloroform and Ether in Surgery, Midwifery, etc. 248 pages. 8vo, 222x145 mm, original cloth, crisp and bright, spine ends bumped, cover corners slightly worn through; contents browned. Philadelphia, 1849
first collected edition. Simpson discovered the narcotic effects of chloroform. "This American volume marks the first book-form publication of Simpson's essays and speeches, and thus represents his first full-dress exposition of the use of anesthesia in childbirth and major surgery"--Norman 1946. Not in Fulton & Stanton or Howell.
