William T. G. Morton
Physician, Academic
1819 – 1868
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Who was William T. G. Morton?
William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an obsession for the rest of his life.
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- Born
- Aug 9, 1819
Charlton - Also known as
- William Thomas Green Morton
- Dr. William T. G. Morton
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Harvard University
- University of Maryland School of Dentistry
- Harvard Medical School
- Died
- Jul 15, 1868
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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