Operation using ether for anesthesia, a Bostons

Operation using ether for anesthesia, a Bostons Massachusetts General Hospital, 1847. Dr. John Collins Warren, professor of anatomy, stands with his hands upon the patients thigh, explaining the proceedings to a student audience in the teaching amphitheater. The anesthetist holds a sponge soaked in ether near the head of the patient. This operation followed the Oct. 16, 1846 first demonstration of ether use by Boston dentist William Morton

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