
John Snow, the First English Anaesthetist, Part 7: Chloroform, Death and Explanations
Museum Highlights | 22nd April 2018John Snow’s credentials as the first English Anaesthetist have long been established. It was described in a previous blog, how his clinical evaluation and experiments helped establish an understanding of the safe use of ether and chloroform. The use of the new agents quickly spread more widely, until the fateful day of 28 January 1848.