Friday, March 30, 2012

Anesthesia Anniversary

Anesthesia : Surgeons near patient lying on an operating table
Photo courtesy 123rf.com

Inhaled ether officially began being used as anesthesia in surgery after William T. G. Morton demonstrated its use at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on this day in 1846.  For more information click here

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