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Tag Archives: Chloroform
Chloroform: Uses and Effects, Part 2
Click here to read Part 1 The medical volumes are helpful for understanding the theories of how chloroform was supposed to be used, but what about the actual experience of soldiers put under its influence for an operation? And why … Continue reading
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Tagged Chloroform, Civil War medicine, field hospitals, medical care, medicine
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Chloroform: Uses and Effects, Part 1
Did chloroform cause patients to hallucinate? The simple question stemmed from some late-night fiction writing of mine in which a character endures a somewhat prophetic nightmare while supposedly on an operating table under the influence of chloroform. While the fictional … Continue reading
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Tagged Chloroform, Chloroformers, Civil War medicine, medical care, medicine
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