History of Anaesthesia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14205/2310-9394.2014.02.01.5Keywords:
Indian history, Anaesthesia history.Abstract
The topic covers the vast history of anaesthesia from international and Indian point of view. It contains the evolution of anaesthesia over the time and knowledge into some important events that created the world of anaesthesia that we live in today. The study material has been obtained from various textbooks and journals and website and their details are mentioned in the references
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