The Development of Inhalation Anaesthesia. With Special Reference to the Years 1846–1900. By Barbara M. Duncum, D. Phil. (Oxon.), of the Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford. 83/4 × 55/8 in. Pp. 640 + xvi, with 161 illustrations. 1947. Published for The Welcome Historical Medical Museum by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press. 35s. net.