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[Anonymous]. Childbirth : Its Pains Greatly Lessened, Its Perils Entirely Obviated, 1845.

Blundell, James; edited by Charles Severn. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery, 1839.

Denham, John. A Report upon the use of Chloroform in Fifty-six Cases of Labour Occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital.

Dewees, William. An Essay on the Means of Lessening Pain, and Facilitating Cases of Difficult Parturition, 1819.

Dye, John H. Painless Childbirth, or, Healthy Mothers and Healthy Children. A Book for Women, 1882.

Gream, George Thompson. The Misapplication of Anaesthesia in Childbirth, Exemplified by Facts, 1849.

Greenwood, Wm. Osborne. Scopolamine-Morphine : Semi-Narcosis During Labour, 1918.

Gregory, Samuel. Female Midwifery Advocated, or, The Employment of Men to Attend Women in Childbirth, and in Other Delicate Circumstances, 1848.

Gillette, Walter R. The Narcotic Effect of Morphia on the New-Born Child, When Administered to the Mother in Labor, 1877.

Merriman, S. William J. Arguments Against the Indiscriminate Use of Chloroform in Midwifery, 1848.

Murphy, Edward William. Chloroform in the Practice of Midwifery, 1848.

Stallard, Joshua Harrison. Practical Observations on the Administration and Effects of Chloroform, Especially in its Application in Cases of Natural Labour, 1848.

Simpson, James Young. Anaesthetic Midwifery : Report on its Early History and Progress, 1848.

Simpson, James Young, Sir. Anaesthesia, or, the Employment of Chloroform and Ether in Surgery, Midwifery, etc, 1849.

Smith, Protheroe. On the Employment of Ether by Inhalation in Obstetric Practice, with Cases and Clinical Observations, 1847.

Snow, John. On the Administration of Chloroform During Parturition, 1853.

Tanner, John. Practical Midwifery and Obstetrics, Including Anaesthetics, 1871.

Todd, S.S. On the Use of Anesthetics in Labor, 1875.

Williams, Henry Smith. Painless Childbirth, 1914.

Foreign Language Titles:

Bresgen, Alexander. De Chloroformii in Arte Obstetritia Usu, 1862.

Campbell, Charles James. Considérations Nouvelles sur L'Anesthésie Obstétricale, 1877.

Campbell, Charles James. Mémoire sur L'Anesthésie Obstétrical, 187-.

Faure, Gustave. Considérations Pratiques sur L'Anesthésie Obstétricale, 1866.

Fayans, Maurititus. Quatenus Chloroformium in Parturientibus Adhibere Liceat, 1858.

Rottenstein, J. B. Traité Théorique et Pratique D'Anestyhésie Chirurgicale Avec Applications a L'Obstétrique, a L'Ophthalmologie, a L'Art Dentaire, a la Médecine Légale, Etc, 1879.

Siebold, Eduard Caspar Jacob von. Über die Anwendung der Schwefel-Äther-Dämpfe in der Geburtshülfe, 1847.