Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization
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Title
Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization
Subject
Correspondence
Excerpts
Anesthesia
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Rice, Nathan P. (author)
Description
Commissioned by William T. G. Morton, Trials of a public benefactor attempts to provide support for his claim to precedence in the discovery of ether anesthesia. Here, as part of the story, Oliver Wendell Holmes coins the term in a letter to Morton written on November 21, 1846, shortly after the first public demonstrations at Massachusetts General Hospital. Holmes wrote,
Abstract
Excerpt from Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization by Nathan P. Rice in which Oliver Wendell Holmes coins the term "anesthesia"
Creator
Rice, Nathan P.
Publisher
Pudney and Russell
Date Created
1859
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (1.Mo.1)
References
Full text available online here through the Medical Heritage Library
Format
text
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
DigID0002195
Provenance
Gift of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Boston Medical Library, 1889
Files
Collection
Citation
Rice, Nathan P., “Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization,” OnView, accessed May 13, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/6322.