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Rights
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Discovery by Horace Wells of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas, sulphuric ether and other vapors in surgical operations nearly two years before the patented discovery of Drs. Charles T. Jackson and W.T.G. Morton. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Type
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Cover Page of a Pamphlet
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Creator
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J. Wales
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Date
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1850
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Description
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Cover page to a pamphlet outlining the claim of the late Dr. Horace Wells as the discoverer of anaesthesia. Contains testimony and a sworn letter in support from William T. Burleigh
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Case, Tiffany & Co.
Online access from Wellcome Collection, Public Domain Mark
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Subject
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Medical research
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Temporal Coverage
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1844-1850