Ether, short for diethyl ether, is one of the most important chemicals in history and its use as a general anesthetic is arguably one of the greatest discoveries of all time (1). Surgery before ...

The operations performed on two successive days at the modern Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital in Michigan could not be considered dangerous. Nonetheless they turned into a nightmare of anesthetic error, ...

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The magnificent cupola atop the Ether Dome surgical theater boasts shiny copper and windows that let natural light flood into the historic space. If you enter the main doors of Massachusetts General ...

This article forms the opening chapter of a forthcoming publication, William Thomas Green Morton and the Discovery of Surgical Anesthesia, by the late William W. Ford, M.D., D.P.H., emeritus professor ...