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William Morton
William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846, with a tooth extraction.
Dr william morton biography sampler
The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an obsession for the rest of his life.
Nitrous oxide gas had been demonstrated as a G.A. in late 1844, but did not gain acceptance until 1863.
Born in Charlton, Massachusetts, William T.
G. Morton was the son of James Morton, a miner, and Rebecca (Needham) Morton. William found work as a clerk, printer, and salesman in Boston before entering Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1840. In 1841, he gained recognition for developing a new process to solder false teeth onto gold plates.
In 1842, he left college after graduating to study in Hartford, Connecticut with dentist Horace Wells, with whom Morton shared a brief partnership. Horace Wells wa