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(ANESTHESIA.) Group of 8 volumes. 8vo, various bindings, condition varies. Vp, 1847-71


  • Notes: first editions, except for Toucey. Fulton & Stanton V.8, V.11, V.12, III.28, IV.66, III.20, III.23, VIII.6.
    Gay. 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. 29, [3], xviii pages. 1847 * Lord & Lord. A Defence of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's Claims to the Discovery of Etherization. [2], 37 pages. Backstrip imperfect. 1848 * Lord & Lord. 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. 27 pages. 1849 * [Toucey.] Discovery by the late Dr. 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. 40 pages. Lacks rear wrapper. Second edition of a pamphlet first published the same year. 1852 * Rice. Trials of a Public Benefactor, as illustrated in the Discovery of Etherization. Second issue. Lacks the 3 plates. 1859 * Smith. An Examination of the Question of Anaesthesia, arising on the Memorial of Charles Thomas Wells, presented to the United States Senate, Second Session Thirty-second Congress. Publisher's slip bound before title. viii, 154 pages. Rebacked; lacks front free endpaper. 1859 * Smith. An Inquiry into the Origin of Modern Anaesthesia. Frontispiece portrait of Horace Wells. 165 pages. 1867 * Squibb. Anaesthetics. 30 pages. 1871.

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