Anesthesia . e to succumb to the name of letheon. A circular is broadly cast through the length and breadth of the country,announcing that a compound has been discovered, which, by breathing into thelungs, induces so deep a slumber as to enable us to perform the most painfulsurgical operations with entire unconsciousness on the part of the patient. Inconnection with this announcement are the names of Dr. Jackson and Dr. Mor-ton, as its combined (?) discoverers. A patent is sought, and, under the protection of a caveat, agents are ap-pointed to traverse the country, selling to all, who will buy
Anesthesia . e to succumb to the name of letheon. A circular is broadly cast through the length and breadth of the country,announcing that a compound has been discovered, which, by breathing into thelungs, induces so deep a slumber as to enable us to perform the most painfulsurgical operations with entire unconsciousness on the part of the patient. Inconnection with this announcement are the names of Dr. Jackson and Dr. Mor-ton, as its combined (?) discoverers. A patent is sought, and, under the protection of a caveat, agents are ap-pointed to traverse the country, selling to all, who will buy, the right to usethe compound. Thus qualifying everybody and anybody in the use of thispowerful agent that would pay the sum of In cities over 150,000 inhabitants, $200 for seven years. In cities over 50,000 and less than 150,000, $150 for seven years. And so on, down to In cities under 5,000, $37 for seven years. ^ Morton, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitman: The Discovery of Anesthesia, Mc-Clures Magazine, Sept., Fig. 8.—^Charles T. Jackson. 18 ANESTHESIA In 1849 Morton petitioned Congress for a reward for his was at once opposed by Jackson and the friends of Wells, who wasthen dead. The celebrated ether controversy thus begun occupiedthe attention of Congress for many years, and was characterizedby the greatest animosity between these former bosom friends and com-panions. Jacksons name is most closely associated with his claim to priorityin the discovery of the anesthetic properties of ether, which M^as the sub-ject of a long controversy, that was very painful to him. His claimwas supported by the testimony of Francis Alger, J. B. S. Jackson,Martin Gray, and T. T. Bouve, to whose eulogy before the Boston Societyof Natural History we are indebted for most of the facts given here-with. These gentlemen were his chosen friends, and were for a longtime closely associated with him. J. B. S. Jackson was one of the signersof a remonstrance addressed to Congress against its
Size: 1318px × 1896px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyorkandlondonda
