Ether Controversy in Littell's Living Age.
Boston: E. LIttell & Company, 1848-1849. Hardcover book. Articles printed in Littell's Living Age that describe and defend Dr. Charles T. Jackson’s claims to the discovery of etherization and the ether controversy led by Joseph and Henry Lord, both Boston attorneys who collected testimony proving that Jackson rather than rival W.T.G. Morton was the true discoverer of ether anesthesia.
3 volumes published in Littell's Quarterly Review between 1848 and 1849. Volume 16 containing the whole issue of 'Ether Discovery' at p529-571 with preface by Richard Henry Dana Jr.; volume 17 'Ether Controversy' at p491-521 and p565-569; volume 22 'Ether Discoverer' at p234. 8vo, 3 volumes (16, 17, 22), v. xvi 577pp, v. xvii 620pp, v. xxii 620pp, black leather and brown cloth. Internally very good, cover edges worn, spines chipped.
Fulton & Stanton, Surgical Anesthesia, p. 71. Wolfe, Tarnished Idol, pp. 192-200. Item #20924
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