Nepenthe's Children: The history of the discoveries of medicines for sleep and anesthesia by Wallace B. Mendelson

Nepenthe's Children: The history of the discoveries of medicines for sleep and anesthesia

Wallace B. Mendelson

151 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health history
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In this book, Dr. Mendelson recounts the stories of how medicines for sleep and anesthesia were discovered and developed. Among these: How chloroform was accidentally synthesized by a rural New York family doctor attempting to make a pesticide. Ho...

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