Original Morton Inhaler for Ether
date: label: date made
content: 1846
name: label: maker
content: Dr. W.G.T. Morton
notes: label: Description
content: Morton Ether Inhaler supplied to Dr. William L. Johnson of Boston, Dentist, in the fall of 1846, after Dr. W.G.T. Morton's successful demonstration in the Massachusetts General Hospital on Friday, October 16, 1846. Dr. Gustave P. Wiksell presented it to the United States National Museum in 1911.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gustave P. Wiksell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09600
label: accession number
content: 52400
label: catalog number
content: M-09600
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ether inhaler
label: Other Terms
content: ether inhaler; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 19 in; 81.28 cm x 48.26 cm