Monthly Archives: September 2021
Why did the US Join World War One?
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European Witch Trials and Forgotten History
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The Chloroformist, by Christine Ball
I’m going to preface my thoughts about Christine Ball’s fascinating story of The Chloroformist who brought anaesthesia to the operating table with a confession: I am brave about snakes, spiders and the dentist, but although everybody else has their cataracts done with a local anaesthetic, I didn’t. I got myself in such a state about the mere idea of being conscious while they messed about with my eyes, that they had to knock me out properly to do it. I felt even more ashamed of myself when I read in the first chapter, the list of procedures performed without anaesthetic during the chloroformist’s apprenticeship :
For the rest of the summer, young Joseph Clover followed Dr Lubbock around Norfolk. Together, they excised skin tumours, opened abscesses, divided contracted tendons, tapped hydrocoeles, amputated toes and removed a cataract. All these procedures were performed on conscious, terrified patients who were held tightly…
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The Logical Place 