Deliver me from pain : : anesthesia and birth in America / / Jacqueline H. Wolf.

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Place / Publishing House:Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2009.
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (292 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • "Terrible torture" or "the nicest sensation I've ever had"? : conflicting perceptions of labor in U.S. history
  • Ether and chloroform : the question of necessity, 1840s through 1890s
  • Twilight sleep : the question of professional respect, 1890s through 1930s
  • Developing the obstetric anesthesia arsenal : the question of safety, 1900 through 1960s
  • Giving birth to the baby boomers : the question of convenience, 1940s through 1960s
  • Natural childbirth and birth reform : the question of authority, 1950s through 1980s
  • Epidural anesthesia and cesarean section : the question of choice, 1970s to the present.