It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine by A.J. Youngson
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Originally published 1979 The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine looks at the discovery of inhalation anaesthesia in 1846, and how it began a new era in surgery. The book looks at James Young Simpson’s demonstration of the value of chloroform as an anaesthetic, and how many surgeons quickly adopted it. The book also looks at the dangers of chloroform if mishandled and only after considerable controversy and numerous fatalities was its use thoroughly understood and established. Ten years later an even more lengthy struggle began over antiseptic surgery. The ‘germ’ theory, on which...
The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine by A.J. Youngson is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.
This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine aloud.
The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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