Historical Events tagged with "william morton"
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Health & Medicine
Ether Anesthesia Revolutionizes Surgery
October 16th, 1846 178 years ago
William T. G. Morton successfully administered ether anesthesia during a surgical operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, allowing patients to undergo surgery without the excruciating pain previously associated with it. Morton demonstrated ether's effectiveness on a patient named Eben Frost, who needed a tumor removed from his neck. This breakthrough marked a significant advancement in medical practices and paved the way for modern surgical anesthesia.
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