No laughing matter : historical aspects of anaesthesia catalogue of an exhibition held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 8 June to 25 September 1987 / by Christopher Lawrence and Ghislaine Lawrence ; with the assistance of Huw Geddes and Lorraine Ward.
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- 1987
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Credit: No laughing matter : historical aspects of anaesthesia catalogue of an exhibition held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 8 June to 25 September 1987 / by Christopher Lawrence and Ghislaine Lawrence ; with the assistance of Huw Geddes and Lorraine Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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