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MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819-1868). American

MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819-1868). American dentist that considered himself as the inventor and revealer of the use of ether for surgical anesthesia. First use of sulfuric ether inhaled as anesthetic in the removal of a tumor. Demonstration of Morton at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on October 16, 1846. Illustration by Burgun in Les merveilles de la science ou description populaire des inventions modernes by Louis Figuier. Paris. 1868. Engraving

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