Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

David Wilkinson

Consultant Anaesthetist at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and President of the History of Anaesthesia Society

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  1. Anaesthetics

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics, from laughing gas in the 1790s to the discovery of “blessed chloroform”.

    29 March 2007

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    Also featuring: Stephanie Snow, Anne Hardy