The History of Anesthesiology Reprint Series: Part 2 – Insensibility During Surgical Operations.

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Part Two published in 1972.

October 16, 1846, continues to be one of the outstanding days in history as is indicated by the enclosed replica of Henry J. Bigelow's account of William T.G. Morton's first public demonstration of the value of ether in a surgical operation.  News of such a discovery spread rapidly, as the communications of Dr. Francis Boott and Dr. Robert Liston in the Lancet indicates.

Catalog Record: The History of Anesthesiology Reprint Series: Part 2 – Insensibility During Surgical Operations. Access Key: ajin

Title: The history of anesthesiology reprint series : part two : insensibility during surgical operations / Henry J. Bigelow.

Author: Boott, Francis, 1792–1863.
Author: Bigelow, Henry Jacob, 1818-1890.

WLM Call Number: WO 211 M W85 1972

Publisher: Park Ridge, Illinois : Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, 1972.

Physical Description: 1 portfolio : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject: Ether, Sulphuric – history.
Subject: Anesthesia – history.
Subject: Anesthesiology – history.

Series Title: The history of anesthesiology reprint series
Series Number: part 2.

Type of Trace: Reprinted from
Title: Lancet, 1847, volume 1.

Type of Trace: Reprinted from
Title: Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, November 18, 1846, volume 35, part 89.

General Notes: Reprinted from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal November 18, 1846,
volume 35, part 89; and from the Lancet, 1847, volume 1.

General Notes: Both reprints held in a single portfolio.