William T. G. Morton
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William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. He is credited with gaining the medical world’s acceptanc
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Painting by Robert C. Hinckley, "The First Operation Under Ether" depicting the public demonstration of October 16, 1846.
Panel from monument in Boston commemorating Morton's demonstration of the anesthetic use of ether.
Ether Dome
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The Ether Dome is a surgical operating amphitheater in the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It served as the hospital's operating room from
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…at the home of Francis Boote, an American doctor who had heard of Morton's and Bigelow's demonstrations. The MGH theatre came to be known as the Ether Dome and has been preserved as a monument to this historic event. Following the demonstration, Morton tried to hide the identity of the substance Abbott had…
Inside the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital
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Ether Day, or The First Operation Under Ether (Robert C. Hinckley, 1882–1893) is on display at UMass Chan Medical School's Lamar Soutter library.
Warren and Lucia Prosperi's Ether Day, 1846 as displayed inside the Ether Dome.