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Horace Wells / AnaestheticHorace Wells attempts his first anaesthetised operation in front of a public gallery, but does not administer enough gas & the patient cries out; the crowd jeers him
Chloroform / ExperimentHannah Greener, who became the first fatality under chloroform anasethesia during a minor operation to have a toe nail removed
Use of anaesthetics in dentistry, Paris, France 1885Use of anaesthetics in dentistry, Dental School, Odontotechnical Institute, Paris, France. Date: 1885
At Stradello, Italy, Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics during his leg amputation, provided he may play his accordion Date: 1911
Elizabeth MortonELIZABETH MORTON wife of William Thomas Morton, the American discoverer of anaesthetics, in 1845. Date: 1827? - ?
William Thomas MortonWILLIAM THOMAS GREEN American discoverer of anaesthetics. with his autograph Date: 1819 - 1868
Anaesthetics / GuerardApparatus for local anaesthetics by Guerard - Richardson - and Matheu
Brave Accordeon PlayerAt Stradella, Italy, accordeon player Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics for leg amputation, provided he can play his instrument during the operation
Ether / 1847 / GermanyGerman students get high on ether
Humphry Davy / ExperimentsHumphry Davy, whilst director of the laboratory of the Pneumatic Institution, Clifton, investigates the effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Patient under AnaesthetiPatient being put under anaesthetic before an operation
Anaesthetics MortonAmerican dentist William Morton successfully uses sulphuric ether on Dr Warrens patient at Boston hospital
Anaesthesia / AccordionistAt Stradella, Italy, Guglielmo Bonfoco refuses anaesthetics during a leg amputation, provided he may play his piano-accordeon
Anaesthetics / CharriereCharrieres anaesthetic apparatus
Surgery / Chloroform / 1885A surgical operation in the Murghab valley; the patient is under chloroform
Simpson / Chloroform / 1847James Young Simpson experiments with chloroform and is discovered by a colleague
Chloroform Inhaler / 1885Diagram of Junkers chloroform inhaler with an explanation of how it works
Ether / Anaesthetics / 1885Using Dr. Ormsbys ether inhaler
Charles Jackson / AnaestheCharles Jackson experiments on himself with sulphuric ether
Paul Bert / AnaestheticsDr. Paul Berts method of using compressed nitrous oxide