Copy of letters patent granted to W.T.G. Morton, M.D : for the discovery of etherization, together with the specification on which the patent issued.

Date:
1854
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Credit: Copy of letters patent granted to W.T.G. Morton, M.D : for the discovery of etherization, together with the specification on which the patent issued. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    The United States of America: To all to whom these Letters Patent shall come: Whereas Charles T. Jackson and William T. G. Morton, Boston, Massachusetts, have alleged that they have invented a new and useful improvement in surgical operations, (the said Jackson hav- ing assigned his right, title, and interest in said improvement to the aforesaid Win. T. G. Morton,) which they state has not been known or used before their application; have made oath that they are citizens of the United States, that they do verily believe thai they are the origi- nal and first inventors or discoverers of the said improvement, and that the same hath not, lo the best of their knowledge and belief, been previously known or used; have paid into the treasury of the United Slates the sum of thirty dollars, and presented a petition to the Com- missioner of Patents signifying a desire of obtaining an exclusive pro- perty it) the said improvement, and praying that a patent may be granted for that purpose. These are therefore to grant, according to law, to the said William T. G. Morton, his heirs, administrators, or assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the twelfth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, the full and exclusive right and liberty of mak- ing, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, the said inprovement, a description whereof is given in the words of the said Jackson and Morton, in the schedule hereunto annexed, and is made a part of these presents. In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Patent Office has been hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the city of Washington, this twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and forty-six, and of the independence of the United States of America the seventy first. JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State. rCnnnlPr«lenr.1 nnrt sealed withl EDMUND BURKE, I me «*! or u.e raiem office. J Commissioner of Patents. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent, and making part of the same. To all persons to whom these presents shall come: Be it known that we, Charles T. Jackson and William T. G. Mor- ton of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented or discovered a new and useful improvement in surgical operations on animals, whereby we are enabled to accomplish many