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William T. G. Morton, American Dentist

William Thomas Green Morton (1819 -1868) was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an obsession for the rest of his life.

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Title: William T. G. Morton, American Dentist

Caption: William Thomas Green Morton (1819 -1868) was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an obsession for the rest of his life.

Category: SCIENCE • black & white • History: Personalities

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