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The gift of magic sleep

early experiments in anesthesia

by Irwin Shapiro

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Traces the discovery of anesthesia in the mid-19th century discussing the contributions of the four men most directly responsible, Crawford W. Long, Horace Wells, William Morton, and Charles Jackson.

Juvenile literatureAnesthesiaHistoryAnesthesia, historyAnesthetics, history