United States Congress (30th Congress, 2nd Session). Report no. 114. House of Representatives. William T.G. Morton, sulphuric ether. February 23, 1849.

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Catalog Record: United States Congress (30th Congress, 2nd Session). Report no. 114. House of Representatives. William T.G. Morton, sulphuric ether. February 23, 1849.

Title: Report no. 114. House of Representatives. William T.G. Morton, sulphuric ether.

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Author: Edwards, Thomas O.

Corp. Author: United States. Congress (30th, 2nd session: 1848-1849) – House.

WLM Call Number: WO 211 E81 U5e 1849 RB

Accession NO.: Copy 1, 944 ; Copy , 3 RB0922

Publisher: [Washington] : [s.n.], 1849.

Physical Description: 46 p. ; 23 cm.

Document Type: Pamphlet

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

Abstract: This government document was Morton’s initial attempt to petition the U. S. government for recognition of his discovery of anesthesia. Morton submitted his memorial to Dr. Thomas O. Edwards on January 19, 1849.

Content Notes: Includes patient records and case records from Massachusetts General Hospital, New York Hospital, and the Clinic of the Jefferson Medical College detailing operations in which ether or chloroform was used.

General Notes: Report dated February 23, 1849.

General Notes: Copy 5 donated to the Wood Library Museum by Dr. Jacob Mainzer, 9/26/1990.

General Notes: Copy 3 donated to the Wood Library Museum by Dr. Eugene H. Conner, 06/29/2009.

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

General Notes: “The select committee to whom was referred the memorial of William T.G. Morton, asking compensation from Congress for the discovery of the anaesthetic or pain subduing property of sulphuric ether report that the following memorial was presented to the House on January 19, 1949, and was on the next day referred to the committee” [cover].

General Notes: Copies 1 and 4 contain 99 pages because they also include the minority report. Copies 2, 3, and 5 contain 46 pages.

General Notes: Copy 1 bound with “Report no. 114. House of Representatives William T.G. Morton – sulphuric ether” [WO 211 E81 U5e 1849 RB].