Author : E M Papper
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Romance, Poetry, and Surgical Sleep by : E M Papper
Download or read book Romance, Poetry, and Surgical Sleep written by E M Papper and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1995-05-19 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pain and suffering, once associated with punishment for sin, became regarded as a purposeless evil that was hostile to human welfare. The works of Thomas Beddoes, Coleridge, and Shelley embody the change in attitude toward suffering and lay the groundwork for the general use of anesthesia in modern medicine. Papper contends that there was no real societal readiness to treat or prevent pain until the idea of the worth of the common man or woman was established by the upheaval of the French Revolution. The humanitarian concepts that we take for granted were relatively recent developments in Western society and were associated with the recognition of the importance of the individual.