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  • Hedley-type inhaler for ether anaesthesia, England, 1847-186

    • Science Museum, London
    • Digital Images
    • Online
  • On the inhalation of the vapour of ether in surgical operations / by John Snow ; edited by Akitomo Matsuki.

    • Snow, John, 1813-1858.
    Date
    [1987]
    • Books
  • Ether : a brief account of its manufacture, chemical composition, congealing properties, etc. etc. / by Martin Henry Payne.

    • Payne, Martin Henry.
    Date
    1866
    • Books
    • Online
  • Crawford Williamson Long / by Frances Long Taylor.

    • Taylor, Frances Long.
    Date
    1879
    • Books
  • Der Aether gegen den Schmerz / Von Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach.

    • Dieffenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1792-1847.
    Date
    1847
    • Books
  • Brief of points and proofs in regard to the proposed appropriation to enable the President to procure the surrender of the patent issued to Dr. W.T.G. Morton, for the discovery of the anaestetic properties of sulphuric ether.

    • United States. 32d Congress. House.
    Date
    [1852?]
    • Books
    • Online
  • The first anesthetic : the story of Crawford Long / [Frank Kells Boland].

    • Boland, Frank K. (Frank Kells), 1875-1953.
    Date
    [1950]
    • Books
  • Proceedings at the dedication of the Ether Monument : 1868.

    • Boston (Mass.)
    Date
    [1868]
    • Books
    • Online
  • An account of the extraordinary medicinal fluid, called aether / [Matthew Turner].

    • Turner, Matthew, -approximately 1788.
    Date
    1761
    • Books
    • Online
  • Discovery of etherization : brief embracing the legal points of Dr. Morton's case.

    • Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868.
    Date
    [1840?]
    • Books
    • Online
  • Etherization, with surgical remarks / by John C. Warren.

    • Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856.
    Date
    1848
    • Books
    • Online
  • A popular treatise on the teeth : containing a history of the dental art ... also a full ... account of the history of ether or lethean ... / By Mayo G. Smith.

    • Smith, Mayo G.
    Date
    1848
    • Books
    • Online
  • A statement of the claims of Charles T. Jackson, M.D : to the discovery of the applicability of sulphuric ether to the prevention of pain in surgical operations / By Martin Gay...

    • Gay, Martin, 1803-1850.
    Date
    1847
    • Books
    • Online
  • Note on the value of maceration in ether and in ether-solution of corrosive sublimate for the sterilization of catgut / by Frederick C. Holden.

    • Holden, Frederick Clark, 1868-
    Date
    [between 1890 and 1899]
    • Books
    • Online
  • De la propriété anesthésique des vapeurs d'éther sulfurique et de leur application dans les opérations chirurgicales dans le but de neutraliser la douleur par M. Jackson : appréciation de cette découverte ... / par F. et D.A. [i.e. P. Ferchaud et A. Dérmaux-Audevard.].

    • Ferchaud, Pierre
    Date
    [approximately 1980]
    • Books
  • William T. G. Morton, M.D. -- Sulphuric ether. 1852 : Referred to a select committee : Dr. William H. Bissell, of Illinois, chairman : The select committee to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. William T.G. Morton, asking remuneration from Congress for the discovery of the anaesthetic or pain-subduing properties of sulphuric ether.

    • University of Glasgow. Library
    Date
    [1852]
    • Books
    • Online
  • Rendle-type inhaler, England, 1869-1910

    • Science Museum, London
    • Digital Images
    • Online
  • Trial and conviction of Dr. Stephen T. Beale : with the letters of Chief Justice Lewis, and Judges Black and Woodward, on his case : interesting ether cases, and letters of Prof. Gibson, Prof. Wiltbank, Wm. Badger, Esq., W.L. Hirst, Esq., Rev. Albert Barnes, Dr. Henry A. Boardman, &c.

    • Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Philadelphia County)
    Date
    1855
    • Books
    • Online
  • De l'éthérisation dans la folie : au point de vue diagnostic et de la médecine légale / par A. Morel.

    • Morel, Bénédict Auguste, 1809-1873.
    Date
    1854
    • Books
    • Online
  • Facts and observations on the inhalation of sulphuric ether vapour as a narcotic and general anodyne : with description of the instruments commonly used.

    Date
    1847
    • Books
  • Report [of] the Committee on military affairs and the militia : to whom was referred the petition of Dr. William T.G. Morton, asking compensation for the discovery and gift to his country and mankind of the application of ethereal vapor as a safe and practical anesthesia, or pain subduing agent.

    • United States. Congress :1863) Senate.
    Date
    [1863]
    • Books
    • Online
  • [Report in regard to the discovery of anaesthesia].

    • United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Anaesthesia.
    Date
    [1854]
    • Books
    • Online
  • A narrative of events connected with the introduction of sulphuric ether into surgical use / By Richard Manning Hodges.

    • Hodges, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1827-1896.
    Date
    1891
    • Books
    • Online
  • Inhalation of ether / by J. Mason Warren.

    • Warren, Jonathan Mason, 1811-1867.
    Date
    [1847]
    • Books
    • Online
  • Memorial addressed to the trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital : in behalf of Charles T. Jackson, M.D., in relation to the discovery of etherization / By his attorneys Joseph L. and Henry C. Lord.

    • Lord, Joseph L.
    Date
    1849
    • Books
    • Online
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