title: Did the use of chloroform by Queen Victoria influence its acceptance in obstetric practice?
abstract: Examination of contemporaneous publications suggests that the use of chloroform by Queen Victoria in 1853 did not result in the major breakthrough in the acceptability of obstetric anaesthesia with which the event has been credited by some later writers.
authors.affiliation: County Hospital, Hereford.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Connor
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000266:history*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002725:Chloroform / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000266:history; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D002725:Chloroform