title: The ancestors of inhalational anesthesia: the Soporific Sponges (XIth-XVIIth centuries): how a universally recommended medical technique was abruptly discarded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France. pjuvin@free.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Juvin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Desmonts
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D002410:Catholicism / Q000266:history; D005060:Europe; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012068:Religion and Medicine