. Epitome of the history of medicine : based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo. d a new kind ofsolder for fixation of artificial teeth to gold plates. In1843 this partnership was dissolved, Wells moving toHartford, while Morton, in 1844, entered the office ofDr. C. P. Jackson as a medical student, matriculatingin the Harvard School, but never graduating. AfterWellss visit to Boston, during which he tried to introduce laughing gas, Morton and he had numerous interviews,especially with regard to this gas. Morton was not wellversed in chemistry, and sought the advic
. Epitome of the history of medicine : based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo. d a new kind ofsolder for fixation of artificial teeth to gold plates. In1843 this partnership was dissolved, Wells moving toHartford, while Morton, in 1844, entered the office ofDr. C. P. Jackson as a medical student, matriculatingin the Harvard School, but never graduating. AfterWellss visit to Boston, during which he tried to introduce laughing gas, Morton and he had numerous interviews,especially with regard to this gas. Morton was not wellversed in chemistry, and sought the advice of his medicalpreceptor, Jackson, with regard to its manufacture. Asking MORTON THE PROMOTER OF ETHER ANAESTHESIA. 307 why Morton wished to make it and being told the reason,Jackson suggested the use of sulphuric ether, just as Marcyhad suggested its use to Wells, saying that it was easy toprocure, safe in employment, and equally productive ofresults. He also stated that the students at CambridgeCollege often inhaled ether for amusement. On the even-ing of the same day, September 30, 1846, Morton admin-.
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