The Sleep of Life by Richard Gordon. 1st 1975. H/C with jacket. 305 pp.

From rum to laughing gas and ether. 

A witty and fascinating novel about the discovery of anaesthesia, and of medicine and medical men during the mid-1840s in London, Edinburgh and Boston. Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere, an English surgeon and anaesthetist. He became famous for his Doctor in the House and the rest of the series.

First published 1975 by William Heinemann, London. Condition: Good. Cover has some wear and tear at edges.