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Chloroform

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Anesthetics

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Images about Chloroform

15 images from works
  • 'Wellcome' Chloroform : when chloroform is the anaesthetic of choice, 'Wellcome' brand Chloroform should always be employed.
  • Complex-D : 8-hour cough formula.
  • An unconscious naked man lying on a table being attacked by little demons armed with surgical instruments; representing the effects of chloroform on the human body. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • 'Wellcome' Chloroform : when chloroform is the anaesthetic of choice, 'Wellcome' brand Chloroform should always be employed.
  • Thigasin "Henning" : Schmerzlindernde Thigenolsalbe nach Medizinalrat Prof. Dr. med. H. Walther-Giessen.
  • Complex-D : 8-hour cough formula.
  • Complex-D : 8-hour cough formula.
  • Ether and chloroform : their employment in surgery, dentistry, midwifery, therapeutics, etc / by J.F.B. Flagg.
  • Thigasin "Henning" : Schmerzlindernde Thigenolsalbe nach Medizinalrat Prof. Dr. med. H. Walther-Giessen.
  • Complex-D : 8-hour cough formula.

Works from the collections

195 works

    • Archives and manuscripts

    On the administration of Chloroform in Dental operations

    Clover, Joseph Thomas, 1825-1882. | Date: 1868-1872 | Reference: MS.1688
    Part of: Clover, Joseph Thomas (1825-1882)
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    Case of strychnia-poisoning, and recovery under treatment with calabar bean and chloroform / by John White.

    White, John, M.D. | Date: [1871]
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Chloroform

    | Date: 1849 | Reference: MS.1623
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    Surgical experience of chloroform / By James Miller.

    James Miller | Date: 1848
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    Swanwick, Joseph Powell (1825-1909), M.R.C.S., Clerk to the Physicians, Manchester Royal Infirmary

    Swanwick, Joseph Powell, 1825-1909 | Date: 1847-50 | Reference: MS.6953
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Related topics

Anesthesia
Anesthetics
Ether
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Anesthesia in obstetrics
History, 19th Century
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Industry
Nebulizers and Vaporizers

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