A narrative of events connected with the introduction of sulphuric ether into surgical use / By Richard Manning Hodges.

  • Richard Hodges
Date:
1891
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A narrative of events connected with the introduction of sulphuric ether into surgical use / By Richard Manning Hodges. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introductory Remarks 7 Dr. W. T. G. Morton 9 Initiative Steps 10 Horace Wells's use of Nitrous-Oxide Gas .... 12 Experiments with Ether 14 Morton's Interview with Charles T. Jackson . . 21 Practical Anesthesia 23 Demonstration in Public 28 Early Stumbling-blocks 39 First Capital Operation 42 Hesitation and Suspense 47 Consecutive Operations 52 Letheon 66 Opposition 68 Announcement of the Discovert 62 The Discovery made known in Europe 66 The Patent 69 The Controversy 76 Dr. Jackson's Claim 78 Dr. Morton's Claim 92
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