Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It Paperback - 2002
by J. M. Fenster
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On Friday, October 16, 1846, only one operation was scheduled at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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On Friday, October 16, 1846, only one operation was scheduled at Massachusetts General Hospital....
That day in Boston, the operation was the routine removal of a growth from a man's neck. But one thing would not be routine: instead of using pulleys, hooks, and belts to subdue a patient writhing in pain, this crucial operation would be the first performed under a general anesthetic. No one knew whether the secret concoction would work. Some even feared it might kill the patient.
This engrossing book chronicles what happened that day and during its dramatic aftermath. In a vivid history that is stranger than fiction, Ether Day tells the story of the three men who converged to invent the first anesthesia -- and the war of ego and greed that soon sent all three men spiraling wildly out of control.
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- Title Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
- Author J. M. Fenster
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2002-10-08
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780060933173 / 0060933178
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Anesthesia - United States - History - 19th, Ether (Anesthetic) - United States - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 617.960
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