The First Anesthetic
Download or Read eBook The First Anesthetic PDF written by Frank Kells Boland and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Frank Kells Boland |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2009-04-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780820334363 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0820334367 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The First Anesthetic by : Frank Kells Boland
Book excerpt: In 1846 William Thomas Green Morton (1819-1868) performed the first publicly-witnessed surgery to use ether as an anesthetic when he removed a neck tumor from a patient at Massacusetts General Hospital. News of the dramatic event quickly spread and Morton was erroneously credited with discovering the procedure. Few people at the time knew that Crawford W. Long (1815-1878), a physician from Danielsville, Georgia, was the true pioneer of this important medical advancement. In 1950 Frank Kells Boland published The First Anesthetic, tracing the history of Long's first discoveries and uses of anesthesia and calling for wider recognition of his achievements.
