NOTE (from a netfriend):

Christian groups opposed the use of anaesthetics in the 19th century as they believed pain was a “natural” part of childbirth. They were almost exclusively men!

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Drug Law Timeline http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/drug_law_timeline.htm

History of Medicine http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10122a.htm

Medicine (History)

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Medicine%20(history)

Medicine Through Time http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~aliandy/gcseSHPchron.htm

A history of drug use/prohibition based on the Appendix of *Ceremonial Chemistry* by Thomas Szasz http://paranoia.lycaeum.org/war.on.drugs/misc/prohibition-history