4: By Principle or By Rule
from Ether/Or Hosted by Matthew Heron
Chloroform's ease of use and lack of side effects compared to ether made it an attractive choice for doctors and patients, but as its use spread across the country, doctors and dentists using it would discover it could have sinister consequences both for their patients, and for themselves, and questions about its safety would set Edinburgh against London in an argument about its use. Featuring: Dr Sophie Boles, trainee anaesthetist, London Dr David Wilkinson, consultant anaesthetist and former Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology Dr Christine Ball, consultant anaesthetist, Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology, and honorary curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Melbourne Alan Jenkins, broadcaster and journalist, as the voice of James Young Simpson. Music by Nicola Chang Podcast Artwork by Matthew Johnston Written, recorded and edited by Dr Matthew Heron. Executive Producer Joel Myers www.etherorpod.com
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