The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03

went from case to case, heard many a
good maxim and learned many useful
trick. but. after ALL 1t was only an empir-
lea, knowledge which he obtained. 1t did
not go to the foundation of things; it was
not scientific. US is the collegiate instruc-
ton of today.
Having now glanced rapidly at the i'm
provement in medical instruction, let me
turn now to few of the principal dis
coveres which have made the surgery of
today so much superior to the surgery of
a hundred years ago.
VIII.-ANAESTHESIA
After vaccination, the most important
surgical event of the century is the dis
covery of anaethesia. While there were
some prior attempts at anaesthesia, prac-
tically II dates from October Is. 1876, when
DIR. John c. Warren, in the Massachusetts
General Hospital, first performed a major
surgical operation without infiicting the
slightest pain. / cannot enter into the
merits of the various claimants for the
credit of first using an anaesthetic,
but ether was then for the first time pub
licly administered by Morton, and the
very sponge which was then used is now
a precious trophy of the Massachusetts
General Hospital. | may perhaps quote
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