A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 126
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Title
A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 126
Subject
Ether
Childbirth
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Description
Page 126 from A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD, depicting a design for an ether delivery devise.
Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief physician of the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the first maternity hospital in New England—and an antecedent of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Channing was the first in the US to publish on the subject of anesthesia in childbirth. In this, his most influential work, Channing presented a statistical analysis of 581 cases of the use of ether and chloroform for the mitigation of pain during delivery. His positive evidence and advocacy reassured the public, and a heretofore unconvinced medical profession, that anesthesia was safe for mother and child.
Dr. Channing was Professor of Midwifery and Medical Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Medical College. In 1832, he became a founder and chief physician of the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the first maternity hospital in New England—and an antecedent of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Channing was the first in the US to publish on the subject of anesthesia in childbirth. In this, his most influential work, Channing presented a statistical analysis of 581 cases of the use of ether and chloroform for the mitigation of pain during delivery. His positive evidence and advocacy reassured the public, and a heretofore unconvinced medical profession, that anesthesia was safe for mother and child.
Creator
Channing, Walter, 1786–1876
Publisher
Boston, W.D. Ticknor and company
Date
1848
Access Rights
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Is Part Of
A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, by Walter Channing, MD
Format
text
Extent
Excerpt, one page.
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
Rare books RG732.C36, Harvard Medical Library collection, Center for the History of Medicine in the Francis A. Countway Library, Harvard University
Files
Collection
Citation
Channing, Walter, 1786–1876, “A Treatise on Etherization in Childbirth, Page 126,” OnView, accessed April 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26617.