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Davis, Audrey B. – American Scientist, 1982
Until the eighteenth century, doctors were reluctant to use chemicals to alleviate pain because they accepted the religious/moral beliefs of their day, claiming that pain was beneficial for the body. Traces technical developments in the control of pain, discussing relationships of anesthesia to social, cultural, and scientific factors and…
Descriptors: Anesthesiology, College Science, Cultural Influences, Dentistry
