Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1798

CLAUDE BERNARD (1813-1878) Leçons sur les anesthésiques et sur l'asphyxie. J.-B. Baillière et fils 1875 vii, 536 pp., illus. 21 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1792

This monograph is a landmark in the history of the development of anesthesia, for Bernard did some basic work on the physiological effects of anesthetic drugs, pointed out the dangers of such drugs, and advocated the use of pre-anesthetic depressants such as morphine.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 5673; Waller 959

Gift of John Martin, M.D.