The influence of the military on civilian uncertainty about modern anaesthesia between its origins in 1846 and the end of the Crimean War in 1856.
Examination of primary and secondary sources suggests that the military did not significantly help establish the position of modern anaesthesia in society until evidence and experience from the Crimean War was obtained and disseminated.
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Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. neilmetcalfe@doctors.org.uk
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000266:history*; D047849:Crimean War; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917); D014857:Warfare