Early history of the anaesthetic discovery, or, Painless surgical operations : with letters to and from Sir James Y. Simpson, Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, and Dr. Henry Bennet : Boston versus Hartford / by Robert Hanham Collyer.

  • Collyer, Robert Hanham.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Early history of the anaesthetic discovery, or, Painless surgical operations : with letters to and from Sir James Y. Simpson, Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, and Dr. Henry Bennet : Boston versus Hartford / by Robert Hanham Collyer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    (L ' In a paper read before the British Association, 1869, by Benjamin W. Richardson, M.D., F.R.S,, he says—“ The Alcohols are strictly anaesthetics, and indeed the first published case of a surgical operation under anajsthetie sleep by inhalation was performed by Dr. Collyeu, on a person rendered insensible by breathing the fumes of alcohol.” By ROBERT HANHAM COLLYER, M.D., ORIGINAL DISCOVERER OF THE NITROU8-OXIDE, ETHER, AND CHLOROFORM PROCESS. LONDON: H. VICKERS, 317, STRAND,