Logan Clendening Anesthesia Collection Finding Aid

Read Dr. Logan Clendening's description of his anaesthesia collection. . . Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1945 January; 33(1): 124-138. (Linked with permission, 2011.)

Abbot, J. H. The discovery of etherization. In: Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 21. June, 1868. pp. 718-725. Entire orig. issue.

Abbot, J. H. Principles recognized by scientific men applied to the ether controversy. In: Littell's Living Age, No. 214. June 17, 1848. Entire orig. issue.

American Medical Association. Anæsthetics Antient and Modern. Burroughs Wellcome and Company: London. 1907.

American Society of Anesthesiologists. Newsletter. v. 53, n. 8, August, 1989. *

Anesthesia. In: The Doctor adn OD Quarterly. v. LI, n. 1, January 1941. (B)

Anesthesia--The Jubilee of Anesthesia. IN: The British Medical Journal. October 17, 1893. (B)

Anesthesia Then and Now. In: The Angier Idea, 34, 1, January, 1933. (B)

Anstie, Francis E., M.D. Stimulants and narcotics, their mutual relations: with special researches on the action of alcohol, ether and chloroform, on the vital organism. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. 1864. 474 pp. 15 pp. notes.

Archer, W. Harry, D.D.S. The history of anaesthesia. Reprint--Proceedings of the Dental Centenary Celebration, march, 1940. Autographed by Archer.

Ayer, Washington. Account of an eye witness of the first public demonstration of ether anaesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital, October16, 1848. From: "The Semi-Centennial of Anaesthesia" Massachusetts General Hospital, 1897.

Barker, George T., D.D.S. Instructions in the preparation, administration, and properties of nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, or laughing gas. Philadelphia: Rubencame and Stockton, 1866. 8vo. 61 pp. 7 illus. First edition.

Beddoes, Thomas. Thomas Beddoes: Pioneer in inhalation therapy. By: Albert H. Miller, M.D. Reprint--Anes. and Anal. July-August, 1933.

Beecher, Henry K., M.D. the first anesthesia records (Codman, Cushing). Repring-Surgery Gynocology and Obstetrics Vol. 71. November 1940. pp. 689-693.

Bevan, Arthur Dean. The present status of the anesthesia problem. Reprint--Journal of the American Medical Association Nov. 21, 1931. Vol. 97. 1530-1536.

Bevan, Arthur Dean. Photograph of portrait of.

Bevan, Arthur Dean. Letter to Logan Clendening. October 25, 1935.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. Ether and chloroform: a compendium of their history, surgical use, dangers, and discovery. Boston: David Clapp. 1848. Reprint--Boston Med. and Surg. J. pp. 1-27.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. Words commemorative of Henry Bigelow, M.D. Spoken on Thursday, January 25, in Eliot Church; and on Sunday, January 28, 1866 in Channing Church, Newton. By Edward J. Young. Published by request. Boston: Nichols and Noyes. 1866.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. Anaesthetic inhalation. Boston Med. and Surg. J. (New Series) Vol. V. No. 21 (May 26) 1870. pp. 389-408.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. Alleged death from ether. To the Editor of the British Medical Journal. Reprint. 1873. 10 pp. No. 1403 Bibliotheca osleriana.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. A history of the discovery of modern anaesthesia. In: A century of American Medicine. 1776-1876. American Journal of Med. Sc. (New Series). Vol. 71. 1876.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. Autographed letter signed.

Bigelow, Henry J., M.D. By John Fulton. The reception of Henry Jacob Bigelow's original paper on surgical anesthesia. Reprint. New England Journal of Medicine. 1946.

Blundell, Walter. Painless tooth-extraction without chloroform. With observations on local anaesthesia by congelation in general surgery. Second edition. London: John Churchill, 1856. 71pp. Illus.

Boston, Massachusetts. Public Gardens. Ether Monument. 1 photograph.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. Vol. 35. 1846. Index.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. Vol. 36. 1847. In parts as issued.

Boston Society for Medical Improvement. Report of a committee of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, on the alleged dangers which accompany the inhalation of the vapor of sulphuric ether. Boston: David Clapp. 1861. 36 pp. Original Wrap.

Bourne, Wesley. Impressions of the centenary celebrations of anaesthesia in Great Britain. Reprint. Anesthesiology. 1948.

Bowditch, Nathaniel I. The ether controversy. Vindication of the hospital reprot of 1848. Boston: John Wilson, 1848. Apparently privately printed. Autographed by Bowditch.

Bowditch Nathaniel I. Autograph of Dr. Walter Channing on fragment of cover of Annual Report. Bord of Trustees Massachusetts General Hospital 1835.

Braun, Heinrich, M.D. Local anaesthesia, its scientific basis and practical use. Translated and edited by Percy Shields, M.D., from the 3rd revised German edition. Philadelphia and New York: Lea and Febiger. 1914. 385 pp. 215 illus.

Buchanan, George. Clinical surgery, being the substance of an address delivered in the University of Glasgow, on the occasion of the inauguration of the chair of clinical surgery. Fourth edition. Glasgow. 1888. 14pp. (Remarks on ether and date of introduction into England and Scotland.)

Burns, Robert, Jr., D.D.S. The first injection of novocaine in America. Reprint--Dental Items of Interest. July, 1939. 7 pp.

Carstairs, Anaesthesia. Photograph. 1847.

Chailly-Honoré, M. De Cas au les inspirations d'ether et de cloroforme . . . Extraid du Bulletin Général de Thérapeutique. 1853.

Channing, Walter, M.D. A treatise on etherization in childbirth. Boston: Wm. D. Ticknor and Co. 1848. 40 pp. 8vo. Original cl. With autograph sig. of T. Waterman, Jr.

Channing, Walter, M.D. Autograph letter signed by.

Channing, Walter, M.D. Engraved matriculation card of Harvard Medical School signed by Channing as Dean, 1844.

Clarke, Edward H. A century of American Medicine. 1776-1876.

Cock, F. William, M.D. The first operation under ether in Europe--The story of three days. In: University College Hospital Magazine. Vol. I. No. 4. February, 1911. pp. 127-144. 8vo. 12 illus. Original wrap. Inscribed to Harvey Cushing fom Cock on front cover.

Colton, Gardner Q. Anesthesia. New York: A. G. Sherwood and Company, 1886. (B)

Colton, Gardner Q. Boyhood Recollections. New York: Press of E. M. Day, 1891. (B)

Colton, Gardner Q. Musings on Cheerfulness and Health. New York: Press of E. M. Day, 1892. (B)

Colton, Gardner Q. Handwritten letter signed to Edward Bumgardner. New York, September 16, 1896.(B)

Colton, Gardner Q. Postcript on Anesthesia. In: Oral Hygiene, v. 34, n. 9, September 1944. (B)

Colton, Gardner Q. Portrait with signature pasted on back. 1814-1898. (B)

Cooke, M.C. The seven sisters of sleep. Popular histry of the seven prevailing narcotics of the world. London: James Blackwood. (no date). 356 pp. 15 pp. appendix. Original boards.

Cordus, Valerius. Valerious Cordus and the discovery of ether. By Chauncey D. Leake. Reprint--Isis, No. 21. (Vol. 7, 1). 1925.

Cordus, Valerius. The third part of " De Extractione" of Valerius Cordus. Dealing with the discovery of ether in 1561. By Guy K. Tallmadge. Reprint. Isis, No. 23. Vol. VII, 3 1925. Brussels.

Corning, J. Leonard, M.D. Local anaesthesia in general medicine and surgery, being the practical application of the author's recent discoveries. New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1886. 100 pp. 3 p. index. Original cl.

Dana, R. H. A history of the ether discovery. Report of the Massachusetts General Hospital. In Littell's the Living Age, No. 201, March 18, 1848. pp. 529-571. Entire number in good state. Original wrap.

Dastre. Les Anesthesiques. Masson, Paris: 1881. *

Dublin Journal of Medical Science. Vol. CII, July to December, 1896. *

Dunster, Edward S. The history of anaesthesia. In: the Peninsular Journal of Medicine August, 1875. pp. 337-356. Original journal.

Dwinelle, William H. The casket and the ribbon, or the honors of ether. Pamphlet from American Journal of Dent. Sc. Baltimore: John W. Woods. 1849. 26 pp. Original wrap.

Ellis, Robert. On the safe abolition of pain in labour and surgical operations, by anaesthesia with mixed vapours. London: Robert Hardwicke. 1866. 80 pp. Illustrations. Original cl.

Emerson, Edward Waldo, M.D. A history of the gift of painless surgery. Reprint from The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1896. 9 pp. (2 copies).

Esdaille, James, M.D. Mesmerism in India, and its practical application in surgery and medicine. Hartford: Silas Andrus and Son. New York: Fowlers and Wells. 1847. 246 pp. 13 pp. appendix 12 mo. Original paper wrap. First American edition.

Esdaille, James, M.D. Natural and mesmeric clairvoyance, with the practical application of mesmerism in surgery and medicine. London: Hippolyte Balliere. 1852. 254 pp. 11 pp. appendix. 6 pp. postscript. Original blue stamped cl.

Ether Day. The Semi-Centennial of anaesthesia. October 16, 1846-96. Boston: 1897. First edition. 4to Buckram. Plates. Privately printed. Only a few copies.

Ether Day. The fruits of medical research with the aid of anaesthesia and asepticism. By Charles W. Eliot. Boston: The Barta Press, 1909. 63rd anniversary address, October 16, 1909.

Ether Day. Phylogenetic association in relation to certain medical problems. By George W. Crile. Address 64th anniversary of Ether Day. Barta Press, 1910. 41 pp. pamphlet. Original state.

Ether Day. The biological basis of specific therapy. By Simon Flexner, M.D. Boston: Barta Press, 1911. 20 pp. pamphlet. Original state. Address on 65th anniversary, October 16, 1911.

Ether Day. Contributions of the Nineteenth Century to a living pathology. By William J. Mayo. Boston: Barta Press, 1912. 15 pp. pamphlet. Original state. Address on 66th anniversary, October 16, 1912.

Ether Day. Progress and problems in preventive medicine. By Milton J. Rosenau. Boston: Jamaica Printing Company 1913. 32pp. pamphlet. Original state. Address on the 67th anniversary, October 16, 1913.

Ether Day. The significance and effect of pain. By John M. T. Finney, M.D. Boston: Griffith-Stillings Press, 1914. 27 pp. pamphlet. Original cloth. Special issue. Address on 68th anniversary, October 16, 1914.

Ether Day. The dangers of ether as an anaesthetic. By W. W. Keen, M.D. Boston: Jamaica Printing Co. 1915. 29 pp. Original boards. Special issue. Address on 69th anniversary, October 16, 1915.

Ether Day. Preparedness for health. By Haven Emerson, M.D. Boston: 1916. 29 pp. pamphlet. Original wrap. Address on 70th anniversary, October 16, 1916.

Ether Day. The achievements, standards and prospects of the Massachusetts General Hospital. By Richard C. Cabot, M.D. Boston: 1919. 22 pp. pamphlet. Original wrap. Address on 73rd anniversary, October 16, 1919.

Ether Day. Welch, William H. A Consideration of the introduction of surgical anaesthesia. Barta Press, Boston. Ether Day address, 1908.

Ether Day. We have conquered pain: a celebration of ether October 16, 1846-October 16, 1996. In: MGH Hotline, October 16, 1996. *

Everett, Edward. An oration pronounced at Cambridge, before the Society of Phi Beta Kappa. August 26, 1824. Boston: Oliver Everett. 1824. Published by request. Inscribed by author to Major General Lafayette in dedication.

Flagg, J. F. B., M.D. Ether and chloroform: their employment in surgery, dentistry, midwifery, therapeutics, etc. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston. 1851. 189 pp.

Freeman, R. A Few words upon anaesthetics; London: J and A Churchill. 1883.

Fülôp-Miller, René. Triumph over pain. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Indianapolis-New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1938. 438 pp.

Fulton, J. F. The centennial of surgical anesthesia: an annotated catalogue. October 1946.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Some facts not generally understood about oil-ether colonic anesthesia. Reprint from The Laryngoscope. St. Louis, October, 1915.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. General analgesia by oral administration. Reprint from the British Medical Journal. March 2, 1918.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. The open method of nitrous oxid-oxygen anesthesia. Reprint from American Journal of Surgery. October, 1920.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Synergistic analgesia. Reprint American Journal of Surgery. October, 1922.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Painless childbirth by synergistic methods. Reprint American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. August, 1924. Vol. VIII. No. 2.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Obstetrical analgesia. Reprint American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. March, 1925. Vol. IX. No.3.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Newer methods of preliminary medication. Reprint address. October 12, 1925.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Preliminary medication in general anesthesia, with special reference to the margin of safety and postoperative lesions of the lung. Reprint Arch. Surgery. January, 1928. Vol. 16. Part II, pp. 416-423.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Synergism of magnesium sulphate and morphine. Reprint Journal of the American Medical Association. December 8, 1928. Vol. 91. pp. 1774-1776.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. On the synergism of magnesium sulphate and morphine. Reprint American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. XVIII. No. 2. p. 299. August, 1929.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Ethylene and carbon dioxid. Reprint Dental Cosmos. November, 1930.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. Obstetrical analgesia: Afurther studay, based on more than twenty thousand cases. Reprint Anesthesia and Analgesia. November-December 1931.

Gwathmey, James T., M.D. The barbiturates a safe preliminary medication for surgical operations. Reprint Journal of the American Medical Association. November 17, 1934. Vol. 103. pp. 1536-37.

Hayden, William R. The discovery of ether. In: The Bostonian, Vol. III, n. 4, January 1896. (B)

Hayward, George. Autograph of Hayward on cover of The Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Officers of the Retreat for the Insane, at Hartford, Connecticut. April, 1851. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company. 1851.

Hayward, George. Remarks on the comparative value of the different anaesthetic agents. Boston: David Clapp, 1850. 11 pp. Original wrap.

Hayward, George. Sepia oval portrait of, with facsimile of his signature.

Hayward, George. Surgical reports and miscellaneous papers on medical subjects. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company 1855. 448 pp. Original Cl. Autographed presentation copy.

Hayward George. (An association item): Inscription to "Dr. Hayward with the regards of J. T. Austin," on cover of Report of Visiting Committee of Harvard University for January, 1849. 39 pp. Original wrap.

Herb, Isabella, M.D. Explosions of anesthetic gases. A method for the control of electrostatic conditions. Reprint Journal of the american Medical Association. December 5, 1925. Vol. 85. pp. 1788-90.

Herb, Isabella, M.D. Further clinical experiences with ethylene-osygen anesthesia. Reprint Anesthesia and analgesia. December, 1927.

Herb, Isabella, M.D. The present status of ethylene. Reprint Journal of the American Medical Association. November 25, 1933. Vol. 101. pp. 1716-19.

Herb, Isabella, M.D. Photograph of.

Hodges, Richard Manning. A narrative of events connected with the introduction of sulphuric ether into surgical use. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1891. 159 pp. Orginal boards.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 2 photos. 1 with signature on back. (B)

Jackson, Charles T. Gay, Martin--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. Boston: David Clapp. 1847. 29 pp. plus 18 pp. appendix. Autographed presentation copy.

Jackson, Charles T. Lord, J. L. and H.C.--A defense of Charles T. Jackson's claims to the discovery of etherization . . . in the report of the Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital and in Littell's Living Age. No. 201. Boston: 1848. 37 pp.

Jackson, Charles T. Lord, J.L. and H.C.--The ether controversy. In: Littel's Living Age. No. 213. June 10, 1848. pp. 491-522. Complete original number in original covers.

Jackson, Charles T. A defense of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's claims . . . Boston: Littell's Living Age. 1848. Autograph presentation copy inscribed by Jackson to Rev. Charles Lovell.

Jackson, Charles T. Lord, J. L. and H. C.--Memorial address to the Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital, in behalf of Charles T. Jackson, M.D., in relation to the discovery of etherization. Boston: Thurston, Torry and Company. 1849. 27 pp. First issue with erratum note on last page.

Jackson, Charles T. A manual of etherization: containing directions for the employment of ether, chloroform, and other anaesthetic agents, by inhalation in surgical operations, . . . also, a brief history of the discovery of anaesthesia. Boston: J. B. Mansfield. 1861. 134 pp. Original cl.

Jackson, Charles T. Barber, William: Dr. Jackson's discovery of either. In: National Magazine. Vol. V. No 1. October, 1896. pp. 46-58. Extracted article with original covers attached.

Keys, Thomas E. The development of anesthesia. 2 copies, 1 autographed to Logan Clendening. 1 autographed to Ralph Major.

Keys, Thomas E. An epitome of the history of surgical anesthesia. Berlin, Gottingen; Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, 1954. 11 pp. 2 illustrations. 29 1/2 cm.

Koller, Carl. On the use of cocaine for producing anaesthesia on the eye. The Lancet. December 6, 1884. pp. 990-92.

Koller, Carl. Historical notes on the beginning of local anesthesia. Reprint--Journal of the American Medical Association. May 26, 1928. Vol. 90. No. 21. pp. 1742-43 (also pages from original issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association).

Koller, Carl. Photograph of. Autographed.

Leake, Chauncey D. Valerius Cordus and the discovery of ether. Reprint--Isis. No. 21 (Vol. VII, 1). Brussels, Soc. anon. M. 1925.

Leake, Chauncey D. The historical development of surgical anaesthesia. Reprint--The Scientific Monthly, March, 1925. Vol. XX. pp. 304-28.

Leake, Chauncey D. (with Ralph M. Waters). The anesthetic properties of carbon dioxid. Reprint--Anesthesia and Analgesia. January-February 1929. Autographed to Dr. Clendening

Leake, Chauncey D. A preliminary note of the anesthetic properties of certain unsaturated ethers. In: Anesthesia and Analgesia. Vol. X. No. 1. January-February, 1931. Complete original copy. Autographed to Dr. Clendening.

Leake, Chauncey D. (with P. K. Knoefel and A. E. Guedel). The anesthetic action of divinyl oxide in animals. Reprint--J. Pharm. and Exper. Thera. Vol. XLVII. No. 1. January, 1933. Autographed to Dr. Clendening.

Leake, Chauncey D. Preanesthetic drugs. Reprint--Cal. and West. Med. February, 1937. Vol. 46. No. 2. Autographed to Dr. Clendening.

Littell's Living Age. No. 161. June 21, 1847. Painless operations in surgery. Complete number in original covers.

Long, Crawford W. (Association item). Copy of History of the life and voyages of Christopher columbus. By Washington Irving. Vol. I. Philadelphia: lea and Blanchard. 1840. With Long's signature and Library Stamp on title page.

Long, Crawford W. Young, Hugh H.--Long, the discoverer of anaesthesia. A presentation of his original documents. Reprint--Johns Hopkins Bulletin, Nos. 77-78. August-September, 1897. 27 pp.

Long, Crawford W. Program of the 61st Annual Session of the Medical Association of Georgia. Athens, Georgia, April 20th, 21st, 22nd, 1910. Including program of the unveiling of the monument to Long at Jefferson, Ga. on April 21st, 1910. Original state.

Long, Crawford W. Chiles, Rosa Pendleton--Dr. Crawford W. Long, discoverer of anaesthesia. In: Munsey's Magazine, August, 1911. pp. 623-30. Extracted article with original covers attached.

Long, Crawford W. Fulton, John F. The vision and daring of youth: the story of the introduction of surgical anesthesia. Reprint. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1946.

Long, Crawford W. Harper, Eugenia Long. My father, Crawford Long, discoverer of ether anaesthesia, 1842. Madison State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 1934. 7p. 28cm.

Long, Crawford W. Jacobs, Joseph--Dr. Crawford W. Long. The distinguished physician-pharmacist. Some personal recollections . . . Atlanta, Georgia. 1919. Privately printed. 47 pp. pamphlet. Illustrations.

Long, Crawford W. Newspaper account and photograph of the unveiling of Long's statue in the Hall of Fame, Washington D.D. March 30th, 1926.

Long, Crawford W. Pennsylvania, University of. Memorial to Dr. Crawford W. Long . . . and account of the ceremonies . . . on March 30, 1842. Philadelphia, Published by the University (reprint from Old Penn) 1912.

Long, Crawford W. U.S. Senate Document No. 160 . . . Proceedings in Statuary Hall March 30, 1926. Original pamphlet.

Long, Crawford W. Taylor, Frances Long--Crawford W. Long and the discovery of ether anesthesia. New York: Paul B. Hoeber. 1928. 237 pp. Illustrations. Original state.

Long, Crawford W. Copy of the Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia, for February 17, 1938, announcing the naming of the highway from Gainesville to Athensthe Crawford W. Long Memorial Highway.

Long, Crawford W. Copy of the Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia, February 24, 1938, giving account of Crawford Long Day.

Long, Crawford W. Copy of the Jackson Herald, Jefferson, Georgia, Thursday, November 25, 1937. Includes item reporting visit of Dr. and Mrs. Clendening to Jefferson on Tuesday, November 23rd, 1937.

Long, Crawford W. Raper, Howard R.--Unearned honor on a postage stamp. In: Oral Hygiene, February, 1940.

Long, Crawford W. Raper, Howard R.--Publicity triumphs over truth. Reprint--Oral Hygiene, June, 1940.

Long, Crawford W. Raper, Howard R.--A review of the Crawford W. Long Centennial Anniversary Celebrations. Reprint--Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Vol. XIII. No. 3. March, 1943.

Long, Crawford W. Photostat of part of letter written in Dr. Long's own handwriting as testified by his daughter, Mrs. Frances Long Taylor.

Long, Crawford W. Holograph letter of. Unsigned, but handwriting attested to by his daughter, Frances Long Taylor, in a letter from her.

Long, Crawford W. Letter from Mrs. Eugenia Long Harper in which she refers to having sent the copy of "History of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus." By Washington Irving. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard. 1840. With her father's signature.

Long, Crawford W. Letter from Frances Long Taylor, daughter of Crawford W. Long attesting to the handwriting of her father in the unsigned holograph letter.

Long, Crawford W. Photograph of Crawford W. Long toward the end of is life.

Long, Crawford W. Photograph of Memorial to Crawford W. Long at the University of Georgia.

Long, Crawford W. Photograph of Memorial to Crawford W. Long at the University of Pennsylvania.

Long, Crawford W. Photograph of the house, where Long first gave anaesthesia, as it appeared in 1920.

Long, Crawford W. Photograph of the house, where Long first gave anaesthesia, as it appeared in 1910.

Long, Crawford W. Two photographs of the memorial to Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

Long, Crawford W. Athens Banner. March 29, 1935.

Lord, John. An essay on the rationale of the doings of chloroform. Portland: 1852. 23 pp. pamphlet. In original state.

Lord, Joseph L. A defence of Dr. Charles T. Jacksons claims to the discovery of Etherization. 1848. (B)

Major, Ralph H. and Ernst Trier Mörch. Anaesthesia: Early Uses of This Word. In: Current Researches in Anesthesai and Analgesia. v. 33, n.1, January-February, 1954. *

Massachusetts General Hospital. Some account of the medical school in Boston, and of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston: Phelps and Farnham. 1824. 16 pp. 8vo. Uncut.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Woodcut of, circa 1830.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Engraving of by Goodacre-Sears.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Woodcut of, before 1845.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Steel engraving of, circa 1846-47.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Report of Trustees. . . January, 26, 1848. Original state.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Report of Board of Trustees . . . January 24, 1849. Original wrap.

Massachusetts General Hospital. The surgical records of . . . before 1846. By H. H. A. Beach. Reprint--Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. January 7, 1897. Autographed.

Massachusetts General Hospital. A history of the . . . By Nathaniel I. Bowditch. Not published. Boston: John Wilson and Son. 1851. 442 pp. and 1p. errata. Autograph presentation copy.

Massachusetts General Hospital. A history of the . . . (To August 5, 1851) Privately printed in 1851. Second edition with a continuation to 1872. Prepared by request. . . Boston: 1872. 734 pp. Original state.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Notice of the first meeting of the Alumni House pupils. March 24, 1906.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Memorial and historical volume, together with the proeedings of the Centennial of the opening of the hospital. Privately printed. 303 pp. Illus. Discovery of ether on p. 132. Original state.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Picture of inscription on wall of old operating amphitheatre.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Picture of Morton's original inhaler and first sponge from which ether was inhaled.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Picture of an early operation upon a woman under ether at the hospital. No date given.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Inspection of new out-patient department and other recent buildings. Massachusetts General Hospital Ether Day, 1903. 8vo. Illustrations. Pamph. Small edition.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Song words for Ether Day alumni dinner, October 16, 1909. 63rd anniversary.4 pp. folder.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Notice of the 77th Anniversary Ether Day meeting and dinner, October16, 1923.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Monument. City Document. No. 101. City of Boston. Proceedings at the dedication of the Ether Monument. 1868. 14 pp. pamphlet. Privately distributed. In mint state.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Program of the 77th Anniversary of Ether Day, October 15-16, 1923.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Invitation to the 78th Anniversary of Ether Day, October 16, 1924.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Invitation card to the celebration of the 81st anniversary of Ether Day, October 17, 1927.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Invitation card to the celebration of the 82nd anniversary of Ether Day, October 12, 1928.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Ether Day. Invitation to the celebration of the 87th anniversary of Ether Day, October 16, 1933.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Re-engraved plate of hospital. ca 1860.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Photograph of the old "dome" M.G.H. amphitheater where first operation was done in 1846. Photograph taken in 1922.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Small wood-cut of.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Bulfinch building, exterior, 1821.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Bulfinch buillding, ether dome, interior.

Massachusetts General Hospital. First anesthesia site made national shrine. Boston, 1966. pp. 10-14. illustrations. 28 cm. in 31 cm. In Harvard Alumni Bulletin v. 26. Magazine intact.

Massachusetts General Hospital. Some Interesting Boston Events. The first ether operation. pp. 61-63. Pamphlet printed for the State Street Trust Company, Boston: 1916.

Matas, Rudolph. Intralaryngeal insufflation . . . Pamphlet. New Orleans, November 1899.

Matas, Rudolph. Local and regional anesthesia with cocaine and other analgesic drugs--the latest methods. Report . . . Louisiana State Medical Society . . . New Orleans, April, 1900.

Matas, Rudolph. Massive infiltration with weak analgesic solutions 9modified Schleich method). Reprint--American Medicine. December 28, 1901.

Matas, Rudolph. Artificial respiration by direct intralaryngeal intubation with a modified O'Dwyer tube and a new graduated airpump, . . . Reprint--American Medicine. January 18, 1902.

Matas, Rudolph. Local and regional anesthesia: a retrospect an dprospect. Reprint American Journal of Surgery (New Series) Vol. XXV. No. 1. July, 1834, and Vol. XXV. no. 2. August, 1934.

McBride, T. F. The school of dentistry anaesthesia collection. Address--School of Dentistry Alumni. Pittsburgh, June 10, 1941.

McKesson, E. I. Photograph of.

McKesson, E. I. The scope and utility of pressure in nitrous oxid-oxygen anesthesia. Reprint--American Journal of Surgery. July, 1922.

McKesson, E. I. Newer concepts and clinical possibilities of nitrous oxid-oxygen anesthesia. Reprint--Anesthesia and Analgesia. October 1923.

McKesson, E. I. Pure gas-oxygen anesthesia for ear, nose and throat surgery. REprint-A.M.A. 75th Anniversary Meeting. June, 1924.

McKesson, E. I. A new anesthetic, its comparative value. Toledo Technical Appliance Co. February 1, 1924.

McKesson, E. I. Nitrous oxid-oxygen in exodontia compared with other anesthetics. Reprint--Philadelphia, October, 1925.

McKesson, E. I. How can we eliminate static from operating rooms to avoid accidents with anesthetics. Reprint--American Hospital Association. Louisville, Kentucky. October, 1925.

McKesson, E. I. Some physical factors in the administration of gaseous anesthetics. Reprint--Anesthesia and Analgesia. December, 1926.

McKesson, E. I. The essentials of nitrous oxid-oxygen anesthesia with a review of its use in America. Reprint--Journal of American Dental Associaton. April, 1926.

McKesson, E. I. The application of gaseous anaesthetics in some unusual types of operations and in patients with unusual complications. Reprint--Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1927. XVII, 1314-17.

McKesson, E. I. Some detials in the administration of gaseous anesthetics for abdominal surgery. Reprint. 1928.

McKesson, E. I. The influence of certain diseases on technic and other considerations of general anesthesia in exodontia. Reprint--Journal of the American Dental Association. January, 1929.

McKesson, E. I. A comparison of socium amytal and pernocton as preanesthetic hypnotics. Reprint--British Medical Journal. November 29, 1930.

McKesson, E. I. Anesthesia in relation to goiter. Reprint--Americna Journal of Surgery. Vol. 7. No. 2. By the Toledo Technical Appliance Company.

McKesson, E. I. The technique of recording the effects of gas-oxygen mixtures, pressures, rebreathing and carbon-dioxid, with a summary of the effects. Reprint--Anesthesia and Analgesia. January-February, 1933.

McKesson, E. I. Nitrous oxid-oxygen anesthesia. Reprint--Journal Ind. St. Medical Association. Vol. XXIV. April 15, 1931.

McKesson, E. I. Nitrous oxid-oxygen anesthesia in brian surgery. Reprint--Anesthesia and Analgesia. May-June, 1934.

McKesson, E. I. General anesthesia in dental and oral surgery: with special reference to causes and managment or prevention of respiratory obstructions. Reprint--Anesthesia and Analgesia. November-December, 1934.

McKesson, E. I. Some effects of operations upon the circulation, their significance and treatment. Pamphlet.

McManus, James. The history of anaesthesia. By Jas. McManus . . . In The Connecticut Quarterly . . . Hartford, Connecticut. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1895. pp.56-66. Magazine intact.

McManus, James. The history of anaesthesia. By Jas. McManus . . . In The Connecticut Quarterly . . . Hartford, Connecticut. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1895. pp.56-66. Magazine intact. (B)

McMechan, Francis H. Presidential Address, memorial session of the 22nd annal congress of anesthestists. New York, 8eptember 8-11, 1947.

Mesmerism: its history, phenomena, and practice; with reports of cases developed in Scotland. Edinburgh: Fraser and Company 1843. 240 pp.

Miller, Albert H. Two notable controversies over the invetnion of the electric telegraph and the discovery of surgical anesthesia. Reprint--Annals of Medical History (New Series) Vol. 6 No. 2. pp. 110-23.

Miller, Albert H. The pneumatic institution of Thomas Beddoes at Clifton, 1798. Reprint Annals of Medical History, New Series, Vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 253-260.

Mitchell, S. W. The birth and death of pain.

Morton, W. T. G. Letters of Patent No. 4,848, dated November 12, 1846. Morton's patent of Letheon. One large sheet with signatures (in print) of Morton and his witness, R. H. Eddy.

Morton, W. T. G. Photostat of Daniel Webster and Charles M. Keller's opinions on Morton's claimes to a patent. Dated 1847.

Morton, W. T. G. Littell's Living Age. No. 213. A most important item dealing with Dr. Jackson's exposition of Morton's claims. Original issue intact.

Morton, W. T. G. On the physiological effects of sulphuric ether, and its superiority to chloroform. Boston: 1850. Original wrap.

Morton, W. T. G. Testimonial of the Members of The Medical Profession of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, in behalf of Wm. T. G. Morton, M.D. Philadelphia: Collins. 1860. 32 pp. Photostat of signatures to the Testimonial. Autograph presentation copy.

Morton, W. T. G. Proceedings on behalf of the Morton Testimonial, Philadelphia, February 15, 1861. Boston: J. H. Eastburn. 1861.

Morton, W. T. G. Proceedings on behalf of the Morton Testimonial. Boston: G. C. Rand and Avery. 1861.

Morton, W. T. G. Historical memoranda relating to the discovery of etherization, and to the connection with it of the late Dr. William T. G. Morton . . . Boston: Rand, Avery and Frye. 1871. Original wrap.

Morton, W. T. G. The discovery of anaesthesia. Dr. W. T. G. Morton and his heroic battle for a new idea; how painless surgery began fifty years ago. By Elizabeth Whitman Morton( Mrs. W. T. G. Morton). McClure's Magazine. Vol. VII. No. 4. September, 1896. Extracted article, with orginal covers attached.

Morton, W. T. G. The first use of ether as an anaesthetic; Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil Wr. Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. XLII. No. 17. April 23, 1904. (Written by Morton but unpublished until 1904).

Morton, W. T. G. Morton, Wm. James--Memoranda relating to the discovery of surgical anesthesia, and Dr. William T. G. Morton's relation to this event. Reprint--Post-Graduate, April, 1905. 21 pp. (Two copies).

Morton, W. T. G. William T. G. Morton Memorial monument. Charlton, Massachusetts, 1919. Centenary of Morton's birth. Pamphlet and two copies of program with photograph of monument.

Morton, W. T. G. Forty immortals of Wrocester and its county. Lives and portraits, including W. T. G. Morton. Privately printed for the Worcester bank and Trust Company, 1920.

Morton, W. T. G. Morton, Wm. James--The discovery of practical surgical anaesthesia. March 1, 920. 3 pp. address to the Electors of the Hall of Fame, stating Morton's claims.

Morton, W. T. G. Rice, Nathan P.--Trials of a public benefactor, as illustrated in the discovery of etherization. New York: Pudney and Russell. 1859. 460 pp. With portrait of Morton.

Morton, W. T. G. Dana, R. H.--A history of the discovery of ether . . . Dr. Morton's memoir to the French Academy. In: Littell's Living Age. No. 201. March 18, 1848. Entire number in good state.

Morton, W. T. G. (Association Item). Gould, Augustus A.--Principles of Zoology: . . . Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln. 1848. 216 pp. (Gould suggested some improvements in Morton's apparatus before public demonstration).

Morton, W. T. G. Roth, Geo. B.--The original Morton inhaler for ether. Reprint--Annals of Medical History Vol. 4. No. 4. (New Series) pp. 390-97. Paul B. Hoeber. 1932.

Morton, W. T. G. (Association Item). Typewritten letter to Dr. Clendening from Ellen Morton (Mrs. William James Morton), daughter-in-law of W. T. G. MOrton.

Morton, W. T. G. Photostat (2 pieces) of Daniel Webster's letter to W. T. G. Morton stating his belief that Morton was the discoverer of anaesthesia.

Morton, W. T. G. Clipping from Chicago Tribune, June 1, 1924 showing picture of Morton's bust recently unveiled in the Hall of Fame.

Morton, W. T. G. Emory A. Bryant--Freak Patents. Journal of the American Medical Association. July 24, 1926. Extracted page. Refers to Morton's patent claims.

Morton, W. T. G. Picture of ether monument with busts of Morton and Long.

Morton, W. T. G. Copper plate portrait of.

Morton, W. T. G. Photograph of Morton's medals and case of money sent him by men of Boston. Original print from negative.

Morton, W. T. G. Steel engraving of, by G. R. Hall.

Morton, W. T. G. Photograph of the painting in the Boston Medical Library, a fanciful representation of the first public operation under ether.

Morton, W. T. G. (Association Item)--Autograph of S. D. Townsend, who was a witness to the first public operation under ether.

Morton, W. T. G. U.S. documents relating to Morton's claims. Listed under U.S.

Morton, W. T. G. Proceedings in behalf . . . Boston: 1861. Printed by George C. Rand and Avery.

Morton, W. T. G. A memoir to the Academy of Sciences at Paris on the new use of sulphuric ether. By W. T. G. Morton . . . Presented by M. Arago in the Autumn of 1847. With a foreword by John F. Fulton. New York, Henry Schuman, 1946. vi, 24 pp. (Historical Library, Yale Medical Library, Publication No. 14.) Original wraps.

Morton, W. T. G. U.S. 37th Congress, 3rd Session. Senate Report Committee on Military Affaris #89, February 14, 1865.

Morton, Wm. T. G. Picture of Wm. T. G. Morton and C. W. Long. (Colored).

Morton, W. T. G. Proceedings in behalf . . . Boston: 1861. Printed by George C. Rand and Avery. (B)

Morton, W. T. G. Historical memoranda relating to the discovery of etherization, and to the connection with it of the late Dr. William T. G. Morton . . . Boston: Rand, Avery and Frye. 1871. (B)

Morton, W. T. G. U.S. 37th Congress, 3rd Session. February 15, 1865. Report of Comm. on Military Affaris NO. 89. To whom W. T. G. Morton asked compensation for his discovery of ether. (B)

Morton, W. T. G. Dr. Morton's discovery of anesthesia. In: The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XLVIII, no. 4, August 1894. (B)

Nevius, Laird W. The discovery of modern anaesthesia. By whom was it made? A brief statement of facts. Not published. 111 pp. 8 vo. Illustrations. Original cloth.

Osler, Sir William. The first printed document relating to modern surgical anaesthesia. Reprint--Roy Soc. Med. Vol. XI. 1918. pp. 65-69. 2 c. (copy 2 from Robert Hudson, M.D)

Pagent, Sir James. Escape from pain: the history of a discovery. In: The Nineteenth Century Magazine. No. 34. Dec. 1879. pp. 1119-32. Extracted pages with original covers attached.

Piper, R. U. Operative surgery illustrated: . . . Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields. 1852. 384 pp. Illustrations. Original binding. Uncut.

Pittsburgh Dental School. Account of the anaesthesia collection of the school.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. London, Longmans, Green and Company: 1909. gift of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.

Protz, Georg. Über die wirkung einiger Anasthetika-chloride und deren Mischungen mit Natriumbikarobonat auf die Froschhaut. (Ethyl chloride anaesthesia). In: Arch. für Exp. Path. und Phar. Leipzig: Vogel. 1920. pp. 238-249. Bound in green cloth with title in English.

Robinson, J. Treatise on the inhalation of the vapor . . . In: Littell's Living Age. No. 161. June 21, 1847. Entire original issue.

Roby, Henry W. Surgical Anesthesia. In: Medical Arena, Kansas City, Missouri. Vol. XI, no. 1, January 1902. (B)

Sansom, Arthur Ernest. Chloroform: its action and administration. London: Churchill and Sons. 1865. 192 pp. Original cloth.

Schleich, C. L. Notes on local anesthesia by infiltration. John Wyeth and Brothers. Philadelphia.

Sim, Patrick. Sources of Historical Anesthesia: A Cursory Overview of Anesthesia History Collections with a Description of The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. In: The Watermark. v. XIII, n. 3, Spring, 1990. *

Simpson, Eve Blantyre. Sir James Y Simpson. Oliphant Anderson: Edinburgh and London, 1896. (B)

Simpson, James Y. Notes on the inhalation of sulphuric ether in the practice of midwifery. In: Littell's Living Age. No. 161. June 21, 1847. Intact original issue.

Simpson, James Y. Remarks on the superinduction of anaesthesia in natural and morbid parturition: . . . Boston: Little and Company. 1848. 48 pp. Original wrap.

Simpson, James Y. Acupressure. A new method of arresting surgical haemorrhage and of accelerating the healing of wounds. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1864. 571 pp. Illus. Autograph presentation copy.

Simpson, James Y. Sir James Simpson's introduction of chloroform. By his daughter (Eve Blantyre Simpson). Extracted from the Century Magazine. 1894. (pp. 412-20). Illustrations.

Simpson, James Y. An account of a new anesthetic agent. 3rd American edition. 1848. (B)

Simpson, James Y. Photograph and note in handwriting. 1811-1870. (B)

Simpson, James Y. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. London, MDCCCXCIV. (B)

Sims, J. Marion. History of the discovery of anaesthesia. Reprint: Virginia Medical Monthly. May, 1877. 14 pp. Original wrap.

Smilie, E. R. An address delivered before the class of the Castleton Medical College. on the original application of anaesthetic agents. Boston: Stacy, Richardson and Company. 1848.

Smith, Mayo G. A popular treatise on the teeth: . . . . Also a full and accurate account of the history of ether or Lethean, . . . Second edition. Boston: Jewett and Company. 1848. 316 pp. Illustrations.

Snow, John. John Snow, first anesthetist. By Ralph M. Waters. Extracted leaves from Bios. Vol. 7. Vo. 1. March, 1936. With a letter from Dr. Waters to Dr. Clendening bound in with pages.

Squibbs, Edward R. Anaesthetics. New York: 1871.

Thomas, John D. Nitrous Oxide gas viewed from a practical standpoint. In: Dental Cosmos. v. XXXIII, n. 11, November 1891. 2c. Townsend, S.D. Autograph of Townsend on a licence to practice medicine in Massachusetts.

U.S. 30th Congress, 2nd Session. Report No. 114, H. of R. February 23, 1849. Wm. T. G. Morton, M.D.--Sulphuric ether (Asking compensation for Morton for his discovery of ether anaesthesia).

U.S. 30th Congress, 2nd Session. Report No. 114, H. of R. Minority Report. W. T. G. Morton. February 28, 1849. 99 pp. Rare.

U.S. 32nd Congress, 1st Session. Report to H. of R. vindicating the rights of Charles T. Jackson . . . and disproving . . . W. T. G. Morton. Presented August 28, 1852 by Hon. Edward Stanley and Hon. Alexander Evans.

U.S. 32nd Congress, 1st Session. H. of R. William T. G. Morton, M.D.--Sulphuric Ether. Dr. Wm. H. Bissell, Chairman Select comm. 120 pp. plus 8 pp. debate. 1852.

U.S. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session. January 21, 1853. Statements supported by evidence, of Wm. T. G. Morton, M.D. on his claim . . . Presented by Mr. Davis . . . 582 pp. plus 135 pp. appendix.

U.S. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session. February 19, 1853. Senate Rep. Comm. No. 421. Report of Select Committee . . . Report of Mr. Walker. 39 pp. plus one not numbered.

U.S. 37th Congress, 3rd Session. February 15, 1865. Report of Comm. on Military Affaris NO. 89. To whom W. T. G. Morton asked compensation for his discovery of ether.

U.S. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session. February 19, 1853. Senate Rep. Comm. No. 421. Report of Select Committee . . . Report of Mr. Walker. 39 pp. (B)

U.S. 32nd Congress, 1st Session. H. of R. William T. G. Morton, M.D.--Sulphuric Ether. Dr. Wm. H. Bissell, Chairman Select comm. 120 pp. plus 8 pp. debate. 1852. (B)

Waring, Edward J. Biblioteca Therapeutica. The extracted bibliographies from Vol. I., complete, dealing with ether . . . pp. 107-24; 329-36; 423-42.

Warren, Edward. Some account of the Letheon; or, Who is the discoverer? Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. 1847. 38 pp.

Warren, Edward. Some account of the Letheon; or, Who is the discoverer? Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. 1847. 49 pp. Original Yellow paper wrap.

Warren, Edward. Some account of the Letheon; or, Who is the discoverer? Third edition revised and enlarged. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. 1847. 88 pp.

Warren, Edward. Circular. Fifth Edition . . . Voice from Europe. Morton's Letheon. (Photostat copy of volume in the Yale Library of Medical History.)

Warren, Edward. Extracted article from New England journal of Medicinae Vol. 224. No. 25. Describing the Warrens and the Letheon and attempting to solve the authorship of the Letheon.

Warren, Edward. Dr. Clendening's correspondence concerning the various editions of the Letheon, including: letters from C. L. Williams, Librarian of the Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital, May 6, and 10, 1939. From Archibald Malloch, Librarian of the New York Academy of Medicine. May 17, 1939. From Dr. John F. Fulton, Yale University, April 27, 1939.

Warren, John Collins (Association Item). The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery. Vol. I. Boston: 1812. Personal copy from Warren's library, with his booklate and portrait laid in.

Warren, John Collins. Signed letter from Warren to General Henry A. S. Dearborn. 1824.

Warren, John Collins. Report of the Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital at their Annual Meeting, January 26, 1848. Containing official report of the ether operation.

Warren, John Collins. Etherization: with surgical remarks. Boston: Ticknor and Company. 1848. 100 pp. Autographed by Warren to Dr. Martin. Original cloth.

Warren, John Collins. Effects of chloroform and of strong chloric ether, as narcotic agents. Boston: Ticknor and Company. 1849. 66 pp. Folding plate at p. 22. Original stamped cloth. Autographed to Warren Medical Book Club by J. Mason Warren, April 2, 1867.

Warren, John Collins. Photograph of steel engraving by H. W. Smith from a daguerotype by Whipple. Autographed to Dr. Putnam, March 30, 1860.

Warren, John Collins. Address by. In: New York Medical Gazzete and Journal of Health Vol. IV. No. 1, January, 1853. pp. 24-25.

Warren, John Collins. The influence of anaesthesia on the surgery of the Nineteenth Century. Reprint--Trans. American Surgery Association. 1897. Original issue in original wrap. Illustrations.

Warren, John Collins. (Association Item). Picture of front steps of Bulfinch facade of Dome building at Massachusetts General Hospital. Showing ivy planted there by Warren.

Warren, John Collins. Copper plate portrait of with facsimile of his signature.

Warren, John Collins. The American Historical Register for September 1895.

Warren, John Collins. Everett, Edward. An oration pronounced at Cambridge before the Society of Phi Beta Kappa. August 26, 1824.

Warren, Jonathan Mason. Arnold, Howard Payson,--Memoir of Jonathan Mason Warren, M.D. University Press: Wilson and Son. Cambridge. 1886. (Jonathan Mason Warren was the son of John Collins Warren).

Warren, Jonathan Mason. India paper proof of portrait of.

Warren, Joseph. Photograph of steel engraving of. (An uncle of John Collins Warren and a general in the Revolutionary War.)

Waters, R. C. Absorption of carbon dioxide . . . Reprint. Anesthesiology. 8 (4). July 1947.

Waters, Ralph M. The development of anesthesiology in the U.S.: personal observations. Reprint. Journal of the History of Medicine and the Allied Sciences. v.1 (4). October 1946.

Webster, Daniel. Photostat of his opinions on W. T. G. Morton's claims to a patent on his discovery. 1847.

Welch, William H. Photograph of from his portrait in Sargeant's painting "Four Doctors" at Johns Hopkins University.

Wells, Charles J. Horace Wells. In: Anes. and Anal. July-August, 1935. pp. 176-89, and September-October, 1935. pp. 216-24. Extracted pages bound.

Wells, Charles T. 4 Letters to Dr. Edward Bumgardner, 1 to Dr. Foster. (B)

Wells, Horace. To the Members of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the U.S. of A. in Congress assembled. Hartford, March, 1852. 14 names signed to a "suggestion" that Wells be awarded recognition as the discoverer of anaesthesia, and that his widow be given the $100,000.00 recommended for Morton by the Committee of Congress.

Wells, Horace. 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. Hartford: Tiffany and Company. 1850. 40 pp.

Wells, Horace. Address by Truman Smith. Deals with his defence of Wells. 3 pp. 4to. folded sheet.

Wells, Horace. Smith, Truman--An examination of the question of anaesthesia, arising on the memorial of Charles Thomas Wells, presented to the U.S. Senate, 32nd Congress, 2nd session, and referred to a Select Committee, . . . New York: John A. Gray. 1858. 135 pp. Two copies.

Wells, Horace. Dr. Wells, the discoverer of anaesthesia. Hartford: Lockwood and Brainard, 1870. 16 pp. Rare.

Wells, Horace. Archer, W. Harry--Chronological history of Horace Wells discoverer of anaesthesia. Abstracted from J. Res. Vol. 18 No. 3. June, 1939.

Wells, Horace. Soifer, Max E.--Dr. Horace Wells, the discoverer of anesthesia. Reprint--Dental Items of Interest. December 1939.

Wells, Horace. Archer, W. Harry--Letters of Dr. and Mrs. Horace Wells discovered. Reprint--Dental Rays. Vol. 15. No. 2. January, 1940.

Wells, Horace. Soifer, Max E.--Horace Wells "rediscovered." Reprint--"Dental Items of Interest. Vol. 63. No. 11. November, 1941.

Wells, Horace. Newspaper picture of Well's statue in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut.

Wells, Horace. Steel plate portrait of.

Wells, Horace. Archer, William Harry. Historical notes on Horace Wells. Pittsburgh. 1939.

Wells, Horace. Horace Wells Centenary Celebration. Abstracted page from The Journal of the American Dental Association.

Wells, Horace. A history of the discovery of the application of nitrous oxide gas, ether, and other vapors, to surgical operations. Hartford, J. Gaylord Wells, 1847.

Wells, Horace. Autographed note, cancelled, dated June 12, 1841 for $442.22. (B)

Wells, Horace. Dr. Wells, the discoverer of Anaesthesia. 1870. 2c. 1 with newspaper clipping on the funeral of Mrs. Horace Wells. (B)

Wells, Horace. The semi-centennial of modern anesthesia. In: Dental Cosmos. January 1895. (B)

Wells, Horace. Wells Remembered. From: Pain Control in Dentistry. v. 2, n. 4, December 1939. (B)

Wells, Horace. An address upon the 50th memorial celebration of the discovery of anesthesia by James Garretson. In: The Southern Dental Journal. v. XIV, n. 2, February 1, 1895. (B)

Wells, Horace. Horace Wells by Walter H. Jacobs. In: Dental Cosmos. v. 77, n.9, September 1935. (B)

Wells, Horace. Dentistry's great story garbled, by Howard R. Raper. In: Oral Hygiene, v. 29, n. 1, January 1939. (B)

Wells, Horace. Neither shall there be any more pain. Edward J. Ryan. In: Oral Hygiene, v. 34, n. 11, November 1944. 2 c. (B)

Wells, Horace. Horace Wells conquers pain, by Max E. Soifer. From: Oral Hygiene, December 1939. (B)

Wells, Horace. Discovery by the late Dr. Horace Wells of the Applicability of Nitrous Oxyd Gas . . . 1852. (B)

Wells, Horace. Glossy print of Horace Wells statue in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut. (B)

Wilhite, Philip A. Boyish Prank results in development of anesthesia. (B)

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