Episode 4
Chloroform’s ease of use and lack of side effects compared to ether made it an attractive choice for doctors and patients. But as its use spread across the country, doctors and dentists using it would discover it could have sinister consequences for both their patients and for themselves. And questions about its safety would set Edinburgh against London in an argument over its use.
By Principle Or By Rule
Guests
Dr David Wilkinson
Consultant anaesthetist and former Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology
Dr Christine Ball
consultant anaesthetist, Laureate of the Wood Library-Museum of Anaesthesiology, and honorary curator of the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, Melbourne
With additional voice talent from:
Music by:
Alan Jenkins, broadcaster and journalist, as the voice of James Young Simpson.
Nicola Chang