30/11/2019
Advancements in anaesthesia
Advancements in anaesthesia
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Dr Georgi Valchev Consultant anaesthetist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital‐ Dublin
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Advancements in anaesthesia
Advancements in anaesthesia
William Thomas Green Morton (1819‐68) ‐ American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anaesthetic in 1846 .
William Thomas Green Morton (1819‐68)
On 30 September 1846, he administered diethyl ether to Eben Frost, a music teacher from Boston, for a dental extraction.
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Advancements in anaesthesia
Advancements in anaesthesia
William Thomas Green Morton (1819‐68)
On 16 October 1846, John Collins Warren removed a tumour from the neck of Edward Gilbert Abbott a local printer at Massachusetts General Hospital. Diethyl ether was used as a general anaesthetic.
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