/oss/taxonomy/term/2206/all en /oss/article/medical-history/anesthesia-la-reine <p>Queen Victoria was the first monarch to give birth to a child under anesthesia. Prince Leopold, the Queen’s eighth child, was born in 1853 after her physician Dr. John Snow had administered chloroform by holding a handkerchief saturated with the chemical over the royal mouth. The results were so satisfactory that the Queen asked for chloroform for her next delivery as well, after which the chemical came to be known in Britain as “anesthesia a la Reine.”</p> Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Joe Schwarcz Phd 9238 at /oss