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Wales J. Discovery by the late Dr. Horace Wells, of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas, sulphuric ether and other vapors in surgical operations, nearly two years before the patented discovery of Drs. Charles T. Jackson and W. T. G. Morton, 1852.

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Catalog Record: Wales J. Discovery by the late Dr. Horace Wells, of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas, sulphuric ether and other vapors in surgical operations, nearly two years before the patented discovery of Drs. Charles T. Jackson and W. T. G. Morton, 1852.

Title: Discovery by the late Dr. Horace Wells, of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas, sulphuric ether and other vapors in surgical operations, nearly two years before the patented discovery of Drs. Charles T. Jackson and W. T. G. Morton.

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Author: [Wales, Joseph].
Author: [Toucey, Issac].

WLM Call Number: WO 211 E81 W172 1852 RB

Accession NO.: 9350

Publisher: Hartford : Elihu Geer, 1852.

Edition: [2nd ed.]

Physical Description: 40 p. ; 23 cm.

Document Type: Pamphlet

Subject: Wells, Horace, 1815-1848.
Subject: Ether Controversy – letter.
Subject: Anesthesia – history.

Abstract: This is an anonymous document claiming credit of the discovery of surgical anesthesia for the late Horace Wells. It was published in two identical editions in 1950 and 1952. The document presents an augment that Wells deserves credit for the discovery based on precedence and experimentation and includes testimonies in support of this argument.

Content Notes: This 2nd edition includes a preliminary note by J. Wales requesting “justice in behalf of the dead” as well as three additional testimonies collected on March 21, April 5, and April 19, 1852.

General Notes: Copy 4 Digitized by Northern Micrographics March 24, 2009.

General Notes: Both Issac Toucey and Joseph Wales are considered possible authors of this text.

General Notes: Copy 5 accession #: 2008.03.07.1 F.

General Notes: Copy 6 donated to the WLM by Dana Stetson from the Dr. John B. Stetson collection, 7/14/1995.

General Notes: Fulton-Stanton Catalogue, III, 28.