title: [Cocaine and pain control in childbirth].
abstract: Without absolutely any pain, women can live through the whole process of birth-giving thanks to the discovery of cocaine (1860) and the work of surgeons and obstetricians, who invented a whole range of locoregional methods, and the chemists who delivered them safe substitutes for cocaine. It was, as a matter of fact, a long way to go, but the final result was surely worth the effort.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thiery
mesh_terms: D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000266:history*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine
vernacular_title: Cocaïne en pijnbestrijding bij de bevalling.