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MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819-1868). Remarks on the Proper Mode of Administering Sulphuric Ether by Inhalation. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1847.
12o (156 x 94 mm). (Half-title soiled, some even browning.) Modern quarter calf, marbled boards.
FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE SCARCEST OF MORTON'S PAMPHLETS ON ETHER" (Norman). Morton issued his first formal statement on the technique of etherization in the Lancet (July 1847). "Morton announced that his method of producing anaesthesia was obtained by the inhalation of sulphuric ether. He subsequently gave up a lucrative practice in order to devote himself to the study of surgical anaesthesia and the dissemination of information concerning it" (Garrison-Morton). EXTREMELY RARE. Faulconer-Keys, pp. 296-309; Fulton-Stanton, Anesthesia IV.22; Garrison-Morton 5653; Grolier Medicine 64c; Norman 1556.
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FIRST EDITION OF "ONE OF THE SCARCEST OF MORTON'S PAMPHLETS ON ETHER" (Norman). Morton issued his first formal statement on the technique of etherization in the Lancet (July 1847). "Morton announced that his method of producing anaesthesia was obtained by the inhalation of sulphuric ether. He subsequently gave up a lucrative practice in order to devote himself to the study of surgical anaesthesia and the dissemination of information concerning it" (Garrison-Morton). EXTREMELY RARE. Faulconer-Keys, pp. 296-309; Fulton-Stanton, Anesthesia IV.22; Garrison-Morton 5653; Grolier Medicine 64c; Norman 1556.
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Please note that there is a misprint on page 237 of the catalogue. The correct lot number for this item is 1207, not 156 as printed in the catalogue.