Crawford Williamson Long (1815-1879) : the pioneer of anesthesia and the first to suggest and employ ether inhalation during surgical operations / By Dudley W. Buxton...

  • Buxton, Dudley Wilmot.
Date:
1912
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Credit: Crawford Williamson Long (1815-1879) : the pioneer of anesthesia and the first to suggest and employ ether inhalation during surgical operations / By Dudley W. Buxton... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    trovei'sy, which embrnilcd Moiioii, Jackson and Wells, involves much that we would rather not dwell upon, since the details are far from pleasant reading. We must, however, refer to some points since they connect the story with that of Crawford Long. We spoke of Morton using a nostrum ; it was sulphuric ether with flavouring additions, and was termed Letheon. Its identity with ether was challenged, and eventually the medical profession refused to allow further public 'till ?i^-* r( , * ..<'-^r^^J/^yU<. % I; ,( ....(. ('A- i^o^. <■/*''''V/«.I. *'7^x ' V,,^^ >V^<,.<r .-,. (/' ,/i^^//-7'/ /f.:-f 7 Facsimile 5. Certificate of Mary Vinson and her husband, referring to an operation on the former in 184.3, done under ether. trials without a disclosure of its nature and composition. The attempt was made to protect Letheon by a patent, and to restrict its employment unless a royalty was paid. An English patent was actually granted. W. T. G. Morton was not a medical man, and probably saw no objection to reaping a golden harvest from what he no doubt honestly believed to be his discovery. This restriction on the use of Letheon has been denied, but the protocol of the letter of Dr. Charles A. Davis appears