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Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

By Michel Odent

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Since the middle of the twentieth century, the development of plastics has been one of the main factors influencing the history of medicine. For example, an anaesthesiologist was formerly an expert in delivering drugs by inhalation. Today, this expert delivers drugs through plastic catheters, in particular via intravenous and epidural routes. Traditionally, the scalpel was the symbol of surgery. Today, surgeons operate on internal organs with flexible plastic endoscopes - without cutting the ski...Show more

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9781780663883

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Pinter & Martin Ltd.

Published year

2017

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1

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Childbirth in the Age of Plastics

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Paperback

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