Morton WTG. Circular. Morton’s Letheon. 5th edition, 1847.

Catalog Record: Morton WTG. Circular. Morton’s Letheon. 5th edition, 1847.

Title: Circular. Morton’s letheon.

AccessKey: acah

Author: Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868.

WLM Call Number: WO 211 E81 M891c5 1847 RB

Accession NO.: 062

Publisher: Boston : L.H. Bridgham, [1847].

Edition: [5th ed.].

Physical Description: 88 p. ; 23 cm.

Provenance: The cover is missing on this particular copy. Spine reads “Circular. Morton’s Letheon. 5th edition.”

Subject: Ether Controversy – letter.
Subject: Anesthesia – history.
Subject: Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868.

Abstract: In this last edition Morton presents personal accounts, letters, and excerpts from publications to support his discovery of the anesthetic properties of ether.

General Notes: This edition was also called the ‘Voice from Europe.’

General Notes: Cited in Fulton-Stanton catalog IV: 14.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics March 24, 2009.