William T. G. Morton

William Thomas Green Morton
Born(1819-08-09)August 9, 1819
Charlton, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 15, 1868(1868-07-15) (aged 48)
New York City, New York
Known forFirst use of Ether in surgical operations
SpouseElizabeth Whiteman
Scientific career
FieldsDentistry

William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868) was an American dentist and physician who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an obsession for the rest of his life.[1]

  1. ^ Fenster, J. M. (2001). Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It. New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-019523-6.