James Robinson's Ether Inhaler
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Title
James Robinson's Ether Inhaler
Alternative Title
Diagram of an Ether Inhaler
Subject
Ether.
Anesthesia.
Robinson, James, 1813-1862.
Description
After the Abbott operation, Jacob Bigelow sent news of the discovery to Francis Boott (1792-1863), who was living in England. Boott communicated this to James Robinson, a surgeon-dentist, who then performed a painless tooth extraction on December 19, 1846, and was the first use of ether anesthesia in England. Robinson published this pamphlet of experiments, with a diagram and description of the inhaling apparatus, along with accounts of surgical operations in early 1847.
Creator
Robinson, James, 1813-1862.
Source
A Treatise on the Inhalation of the Vapour of Ether,
for the Prevention of Pain in Surgical Operations
for the Prevention of Pain in Surgical Operations
Publisher
London : Webster and Co.
Date Created
1847
Is Part Of
A Treatise on the Inhalation of the Vapour of Ether,
for the Prevention of Pain in Surgical Operations (London : Webster and Co., 1847)
for the Prevention of Pain in Surgical Operations (London : Webster and Co., 1847)
Format
image
Extent
1 printed diagram, bound.
Language
English.
Type
image
Identifier
RD86.E8R56
Bibliographic Citation
Robinson, James, 1813-1862. A Treatise on the Inhalation of the Vapour of Ether, for the Prevention of Pain in Surgical Operations (London : Webster and Co., 1847), p. 17.
Provenance
Formerly in the library of Oliver Wendell Holmes. From the Library of Harvard Medical School.
Files
Collection
Citation
Robinson, James, 1813-1862., “James Robinson's Ether Inhaler,” OnView, accessed April 25, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/18186.