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

By: Wolf, Jacqueline H [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009Description: 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421403236Subject(s): Anesthesia in obstetrics -- United States -- History | Childbirth -- United States -- History | Natural childbirth -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Deliver me from pain : anesthesia and birth in America.DDC classification: 617.9/682 LOC classification: RG732 | .W76 2009Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-265) and index.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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