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Deliver me from pain : anesthesia and birth in America / Jacqueline H. Wolf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolf, Jacqueline H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anesthesia in obstetrics--United States--History.
- Anesthesia in obstetrics.
- Childbirth--United States--History.
- Childbirth.
- Natural childbirth--United States--History.
- Natural childbirth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-265) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0323-4
- OCLC:
- 859679022
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