title: Chloroform or ether-a literary question.
abstract: Thackeray's accurate knowledge of the pharmacology of chloroform and ether is considered and his source discussed.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history; D002725:Chloroform / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D004986:Ether / Q000266:history*; D005019:Ethyl Ethers / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005019:Ethyl Ethers; D004986:Ether; D002725:Chloroform