num_pages: 288
description: Though ether may not spring to mind in a search for the "greatest" medical discovery, the description of surgery before ether at the beginning of this book will make a strong case for it. This fascinating account tells of the three men responsible for bringing ether to the world and details their bitter falling-out.
language: English
title: Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
titlecomplete: Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It
genres: Historical, History Of Medicine, Medical, History, Microhistory, Biography, Science, Medicine, Health Care, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 274
publisher: Harper Perennial