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| | | William T.G. Morton Bio | |
Blurb: William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 - July 15, 1868) was an American dentist and physician. He was born in Charlton, Massachusetts. He received his (honorary) M.D. at Washington University in Baltimore in 1852. He administered ether before a surgical operation at Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846. Morton's successful public demonstration of ether as an inhalation anesthetic on September 30, 1846, was an historic and widely publicized event. | |
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