Oliver Wendell Holmes coins the term "anesthesia"
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Title
Oliver Wendell Holmes coins the term "anesthesia"
Subject
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 | Anesthesia--History | Morton, William Thomas Green, 1819-1868 | RIce, Nathan P.
Description
In a letter to W. T. G. Morton, November 21, 1846, Holmes proposes the terms "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" to be used.
Creator
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
Source
Rice, Nathan P. Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization / By Nathan P. Rice. New York : Pudney & Russell, 1859. Page 137.
Publisher
New York : Pudney & Russell, 1859
Date Created
1846 Nov. 21.
Is Format Of
One printed page, bound.
Is Part Of
Boston Medical Library Holmes Collection. 1.Mo.1.
Format
text
Extent
1 printed page, bound.
Language
English
Type
text
Bibliographic Citation
Rice, Nathan P. Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization / By Nathan P. Rice. New York : Pudney & Russell, 1859. Page 137.
Provenance
Gift of Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Boston Medical Library, 1889.
Files
Citation
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894., “Oliver Wendell Holmes coins the term "anesthesia",” OnView, accessed April 25, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17858.