First public use of surgical anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston 1846. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

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Hand colored halftone illustration

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Size: 4216px × 2775px
Photo credit: © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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