Anaesthesia; who made and developed this great discovery.

The discovery of anaesthesia : Dr. W.T.G. Morton and his heroic battle for a new idea. How painless surgery began fifty years ago / By Elizabeth Whitman Morton.

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Morton, Elizabeth Whitman

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Anaesthesia; who made and developed this great discovery.

The discovery of anaesthesia : Dr. W.T.G. Morton and his heroic battle for a new idea. How painless surgery began fifty years ago / By Elizabeth Whitman Morton.