Author: Arthur Ernest SansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Chloroform: its action and administration
Author: Arthur Ernest SansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
On Chloroform and Other Anaesthetics
Author: John SnowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anesthesia
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Cholera, Chloroform, and the Science of Medicine
Author: Peter Vinten-JohansenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019028563X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The product of six years of collaborative research, this fine biography offers new interpretations of a pioneering figure in anesthesiology, epidemiology, medical cartography, and public health. It modifies the conventional rags to riches portrait of John Snow by synthesizing fresh information about his early life from archival research and recent studies. It explores the intellectual roots of his commitments to vegetarianism, temperance, and pure drinking water, first developed when he was a medical apprentice and assistant in the north of England. The authors argue that all of Snow's later contributions are traceable to the medical paradigm he imbibed as a medical student in London and put into practice early in his career as a clinician: that medicine as a science required the incorporation of recent developments in its collateral sciences--chiefly anatomy, chemistry, and physiology--in order to understand the causes of disease. Snow's theoretical breakthroughs in anesthesia were extensions of his experimental research in respiratory physiology and the properties of inhaled gases. Shortly thereafter, his understanding of gas laws led him to reject miasmatic explanations for the spread of cholera, and to develop an alternative theory in consonance with what was then known about chemistry and the physiology of digestion. Using all of Snow's writings, the authors follow him when working in his home laboratory, visiting patients throughout London, attending medical society meetings, and conducting studies during the cholera epidemics of 1849 and 1854. The result is a book that demythologizes some overly heroic views of Snow by providing a fairer measure of his actual contributions. It will have an impact not only on the understanding of the man but also on the history of epidemiology and medical science.
Medical News and Abstract
Author: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309077736
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This document is one in a series prepared by the Committee that form the basis of the recommendations for EELs and CELs for selected chemicals. Since the Committee began recommending EELs and CELs for its military sponsors (U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force), the scope of its recommendations has been expanded in response to a request by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The CELs, in particular, grew out of a Navy request for exposure limits for atmospheric contaminants in submarines. The EELs and CELs have been used as design criteria by the sponsors in considering the suitability of materials for particular missions (as in a submarine or a spacecraft) and in assessing the habitability of particular enclosed environments. They are recommended for narrowly defined occupational groups and are not intended for application in general industrial settings or as exposure limits for the general public.
London Journal of Medicine
Author: The Lancet
Author: British Medical Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Occupational Exposure to Chloroform
Author: National Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chloroform
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Chloroform
Author: Peter WattsPublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241530588
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Chloroform is a clear, colourless, volatile liquid which is used in the production of refrigerants and as a fluoropolymer feedstock. It may be released into the environment from chlorodifluoromethane plants and from pulp and paper mills using chlorine-based chemicals for bleaching and disinfection purposes. Chloroform is also the principal by-product of water disinfectant processes. It is estimated that the vast majority of chloroform emissions into the environment are natural in origin. This publication, part of a series from the International Programme on Chemical Safety, evaluates the risk to human health and the environment posed by exposures to chloroform.