188
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(JACKSON, CHARLES T.) Gay, Martin.
A Statement of the Claims of
Charles T. Jackson, M.D., of the Applicability of Sulphuric Ether in Surgical
Operations.
29, [3], xviii pages. 8vo, original cloth-backed printed stiff wrappers, bottom
of spine worn, front cover partly darkened and spotted; contents generally clean.
Boston, 1847
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
.
Fulton & Stanton V.8; Heirs of Hippocrates 1642; Howell 140. Front cover
INSCRIBED
:
“John C. Lee Esq. With the respects of the Author.”
INSCRIBED BY JACKSON
189
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(JACKSON, CHARLES T.) Lord, Joseph L.; and Henry C.
A Defence of Dr.
Charles T. Jackson’s Claims to the Discovery of Etherization.
[2], 37 pages. 8vo,
original wrappers, missing pieces along edges; scattered marginal pencil markings;
untrimmed
Boston, 1848
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
of a work by Jackson’s attorneys. Fulton & Stanton V.11; Howell 143. Title
page
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED
:
“with the respects of C. T. Jackson.”
190
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(JACKSON, CHARLES T.) Stanley, Edward; and Evans, Alexander.
Report to
the House of Representatives . . . vindicating the Rights of Charles T. Jackson to
the Discovery of the Anaesthetic Effects of Ether Vapor, and disproving the
Claims of W. T. G. Morton to that Discovery.
57, [3] pages, including final blank. 8vo,
original wrappers, faint vertical crease through covers and contents, light soiling and spot-
ting on covers; contents clean.
[Boston, 1852?]
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
;
issue with front cover title reading “Congressional Report . . . 1852.” Fulton
& Stanton V.14; Howell 151.
191
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(JACKSON, CHARLES T.) U.S. 30th Congress, 2nd Session.
Report No. 114.
House of Representatives. Minority Report. W. T. G. Morton. February 28, 1849.
99 pages. 8vo, 19th-century drab wrappers, clean tear in front cover repaired with cellotape
on verso; marginal foxing.
[Washington, 1849]
[150/250]
FIRST EDITION
of the report of the Minority in favor of Jackson. Fulton & Stanton IV.72;
Howell 218.
192
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(MORTON, W. T. G.) U.S. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session.
Statements, supported
by Evidence, of Wm. T. G. Morton, M.D. on his Claim to the Discovery of the
Anaesthetic Properties of Ether, submitted to the . . . Select Committee
appointed by the Senate . . . January 21, 1853.
582; [2], 135 pages. 2 parts in one vol-
ume. 8vo, original
1
/
2
diced calf gilt.
Washington, 1853
[250/350]
FIRST EDITION
.
“A compendium of testimonies, hearings, investigations, etc., both favorable
and unfavorable to Morton’s claim, including reprints of the 1852 Majority and Minority
Committee Reports, the latter supplemented by adverse marginal notes” (Howell). The 135-
page appendix contains testimony relating to the competing claim by Horace Wells. Fulton &
Stanton IV.76; Howell 222; Osler 1411.
BOUND WITH
:
U.S. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session, Rep. Com. No. 421. Report [of Mr.
Walker as chairman of the Select Committee]. 33 (of 39) pages; lacks the last 3 leaves
(Memorial of the Surgeons and Physicians of the Massachusetts General Hospital . . . in
Support of . . . Morton). Fulton & Stanton IV.75; not in Howell.
ACCOMPANIED BY
:
another copy of the Walker report, complete with the last 3 leaves. 8vo,
self-wrappers, stabbed and sewn; minor foxing on opening leaves.