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First use of ether as an anaesthetic in 1846 by the dental surgeon W.T.G. Morton - Ernest Board (1920) 🇬🇧 (upload.wikimedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And in just under 150 years they'd make it into nets. The world be cray.

(I will be here all week, whether you like it or not)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first usage was January 1842 by William E. Clarke, not 1846 by W.T.G. Morton, and there was yet another one that March by Crawford W. Long for a tumor removal. Morton was of course still one of the pioneers of ether as an anaesthetic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe it's saying it was the first time Morton had used it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Then: We’re gonna straight up knock you out.
Now: If we cheap out on the dose, we can guarantee your shot wears off half way through.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

How much of this can he take? The artist is only about 1/4 of the way through the painting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Its fucking rad too, the sme though. expect to breath hospital-smell for 3 days