From the first use of chloroform in the 1840s through to the twentieth century the question of anesthetic death was investigated by elite physicians across the globe, and though these ...

From the first use of chloroform in the 1840s through to the twentieth century the question of anesthetic death was investigated by elite physicians across the globe, and though these ...

Chloroform and ether are both costly articles ... VELPEAU, therefore, does not present the new system of anesthesia for a panacea, but he says to medical men: "Use it, study it, experiment ...

Over time, safer and more effective agents, such as chloroform and eventually modern inhaled and intravenous anesthetics, were developed. Today, general anesthesia is administered by specialized ...