The daily union., 1852-10-01

pone this nstterthat we shall suner commission TO be
by we shall avoid taking the friends OF the other claim
ants by surprse-therehy avoid taking snspudginsni
upon them II the world has not had lime enough 10 be-
require to DO IN This di.eovey was was demonstrated to
mankind on the 30th OF September ls46 Iii now al.
most maj same month in 1852. IL is almost SIX Years
since IL was hst demonstrated Has body been TAX
by snap-ludgmeni Let Us look at what has been done
| Alter DR., Morton had administered this aenaslhec
agent N hs dental establishment he Immediately iesorted
sent OF such Dr.. Warren, Dr. Hayward. and DR.:
Bigelow. that he might there admnsi IL 10 capital
operation That operation was perormed on the 10th OF
October ls4o Again he performed an operation on the
1th OF October, and 40 he continued down to the I'd
JANUARY. is47, when these strgeoas say was the first
they ever heard OF the claim Of pr, Jackson. The
certify TO this. But This is not all This matter under
went serious and candid investigation befoe the med-
cal men, the surgeons and trustees OF that institution,
and they came solemnly to the concusonirst, that Dr.
Jackson had made any discovery in regard 10 ether
which had not been known long before second that Dr.
Morton did, in is4o manifest and make plain, and pub
lsh 10 the world. that phurc ether administered in
proper quantities and in proper manner would produce
entire nsensbily to any operation They also decided
most solemny against the claims Of Dr. Wells Not only
that but we have here, under the hand OF Dr. Wells,
an acknowledgment that the discovery Dr. Morons.
Or. Wells not merely acknowledged i 10 be Dr. Morons
discovery, but gave him advice about il and said il would
be a fortune to him il he managed il rightly.
Did The general hospital Of Massachusetts, stop there
No. sir Dr. jackson came forward before those great
inens expressed Ms DISSATISFACTION et Ire ueCeun
which they had made He prayed that they might review
their decision. and at his request they did review il one
year afterwards, and came soemny again to the decision
TO which they N had previously some This was in Bos;
at by he most scientific OF the continent Of America
i not Of the world They reviewed their decisions had
the claims again laid before them and came again SOL
| emnly TO the same conclusion.
In the mean time, however, and while Dr. Jackson was
denonncing Dr. Morton as reckless man. as one who
had made discovery whatever, and who would kill
n
letter to M Ellie de Beaumont, of the Academy Of Arts
and Sciences OF Paris That letter sent under
very time when he was denouncing DR., Morton as a
| reckless wretch who would kill somebody. He sent
that letter, with request that should not be opened
until he gave further information in regard toi, The
Investigation went before these daring men OF the
Massachusetts general hospital, and by DR.. Morton,
less daring unit, the I'd OF November ls46 and in this
the discovery before that time In December, 1s4o he
wrote another letter requesting M De Beaumont to open
the sealed package Tie opened It and read IT, and, on
| sneer, and said
"The contained in the which has been read
is longer the medical journals published in
November and December. A letter from DR.. Warren, Of
Boston, communicated the information TO mo more than
proposed that should Try B effects at La Charlie towards
| the middle OF last December"
| That letter of Dr. Jackson was thus answered by a
no less distinguished man that NJ veipeaqs; before
the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Paris But this
secret letter had fatal elect-an elect which am sure
the Academy OF Arts and Sciences CEASED to
gre What did il do' L procured, upon the excite
ment OF the momen decision OF the Academy OF Arts
and Sciences OF rance awarding to Dr. Jackson tween
ty.fye hundred francs. being one OF the Monthyon
But when he , good Dr. Warren, e and Dr. Hayward and
DIR. Bseow, and others of the Massachusetts general
hospital who knew all about it, placed this pe rsscu!ed
claim, what did the Academy Of Arts and Sciences do
We know it is the nature of that institution 10
take back anything which does 1t will not acknowI
edge albty; but to the extent to which il could
60. II awarded to Dr. Morton another prize OF the
Monthyon foundation of twenty-five hundred francs-as
whai Just for what Fulton just for what Jenner,
dscoverer OF vaccination, and Tor what all other
men are who come before the world making dlscove-
ries The Academy OF Arts and Sciences gave him this
Monhyon pnze foI being the man ma who had discovered
and made beneficial to the void the use OF suphurc
ether anaesthelic agent.
Notwithsi anding that DR.. Morton had to fight the
medical and ircrary magazines OF the conn,ry-noi-
whsianing he had to ight d. Jackson, and almos
everybody else, for nearly all the surgeons in the
try except those 10 the Massachusetts general hospital
irowned upon hun notwithstanding all this reduced hun
to poyerty--yet, like NOBLE man. he is. he decline
to receive the two thousand ve hundred francs in
Sul, anxious the Academy OF Arts and Sciences
to place in his hands evidences OF their exalted recoxn
ton OF his rights, that they directed certain portion Of
the fund TO be paid In the shape OF their largest gold
medal, That did not exhaust The entire fund.- and The
friends OF Dr. Morton in France took the balance OF il
and used II in enclosing the medal in beautiful gold
frame, 30 that altogether now presents the beautiful
thing which | hold in my hand. [exhibing II the
Senate. DR. Morton would not receive the money, but
he received that which he could treasure n his heart,
and could look upon evidence oil the appreciation
OF his exerons by this noble Academy OF Arts and
Sciences OF Paris II is noble appreciation OF him
who gave this invaluable discovery to the world IL
shows whom they considered as the real dscoverer.
When you come TO look al the testimony which the
claim OF DR.. Jackson is based when you ia.
qure really what IL s--it would most astoundn I
that any one in the world should come forward with
such claim. What was it, Al first he claimed moth
ing more than that he had told Dr. Morton that ether
could be taken safely into the lungs Anybody in the
world could have told him that.
This substance had been known since the thirteenth
century. It's formation was accurately described by Va
lenus Cordus in the sixteenth century Frobenius FIRST
designated IT ether and published account OF in the
philosophical transactions 10 1880. It's medical
agent, FIRST alluded TO by Valerius Cordus and men
toned BY Hoffman, Cullen, Aslon. Lewis, and Mon
roe. and other writers OF the last century, has long
been famiarly known. The history Of its by 10.
haIaon commenced with the pamphlet published y
| 1908, by Richard Pearson; aud several communca-
lions from the same DR.. Pearson TO be found in
Bristol, England, In 1895 The same work contains
letter from Of Dr. Thornons PATIENTS giving an ac
count OF his OF ether, by Dr. Thornons advice in
of pecoral caarrb. He says, "I gave almost i'm
mediate relief both TO the oppression and pain in the
chestn On the second trial. he inhaled two spoonus,
with immediate relief before, and very after
fsu sleep" In 1915, Nysen, in the Directory OF Meii
cal Sciences, speaks OF the inhalation OF ether am
arly known for mi,,g gazing pains in collie For the last
fifty years most therapeutic authors mention i,s use BY
inhalation 10 asthma &C., Duncan, Murray Brande,
Chris,,son. Pesira. Thompson, Barber, Wendt vogt,
Sundelin, &C. Effects snaogous to inoxication, when
ether is inhaled, stated by American authors as