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LORD, Joseph and Henry LORD (19th century). A Defence of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's claim to the Discovery of Etherization. Boston: Littell's Living Age, 1848.
8o (258 x 168 mm). Original printed wrappers (upper right corner torn away, chipping and splitting to spine ends and edges); cloth chemise and slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY JACKSON on title page: "With the respects of C.T. Jackson." A rare pamphlet defending Jackson's (1805-80) claim of his discovery of surgical anaesthesia. "Jackson suffered from mental illness and later tried to claim that he had discovered surgical anaesthesia, as well was guncotton, and that he had described to Samuel F.B. Morse the essential features of the telegraph." See Garrison-Morton 5660; Wellcome III, p. 546.
8o (258 x 168 mm). Original printed wrappers (upper right corner torn away, chipping and splitting to spine ends and edges); cloth chemise and slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY JACKSON on title page: "With the respects of C.T. Jackson." A rare pamphlet defending Jackson's (1805-80) claim of his discovery of surgical anaesthesia. "Jackson suffered from mental illness and later tried to claim that he had discovered surgical anaesthesia, as well was guncotton, and that he had described to Samuel F.B. Morse the essential features of the telegraph." See Garrison-Morton 5660; Wellcome III, p. 546.