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1848-1849. Boston Med. Surg. J., 38+39. - Boston, David Clapp, February 1848 to August 1848, 8°, 532 pp.; August, 1848 to February 1849, 8°, 548 pp., half leather with marbled boards; fine. First Edition! HENRY JACOB BIGELOW (1818-90). - "As the dangers of surgical anesthesia became more well known, Bigelow wrote a series of articles detailing these problems. To clarify some of the questions concerning the hazards of surgical anesthesia, Bigelow also prepared a report for presentation to the members of the American Medical Association. This series of papers was later reprinted as a monograph entitled Ether and chloroform; their discovery and physiological effects (Boston: D. Clapp, 1848 |G-M 5730)." Rutkow Bigelow's speedy publication of Morton's discovery, and his subsequent advocacy of ether as an anesthetic assured its adoption throughout the civilized world. The above work deals with the priority claims of Morton and Charles Thomas Jackson, with Bigelow taking Morton's side in the… Read More

1848. From the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; And the Transactions of the American Medical Association, Vo. 1. - Boston: David Clapp, Printer ...184, Washington Street, 1848, 8°, 1 Bl., 27 pp. + 18 pp., Orig. Broschiert. FIRST EDITION of one of the most significant early papers on anesthesia! This is a very good to fine copy in the original rare blue wrappers as the copy in the NLM. The first article was originally published in the Boston Medical Surgical Journal in 1846. The second article is from the Transactions of the American Medical Association, Vol. 1. "Bigelow's speedy publication of Morton's discovery , and his subsequent advocacy of ether assured its adoption throughout the civilized world. The above work deals with the priority claims in general and with a defense of Morton's claim in particular" and contains detailed information on their surgical use, dangers and history." Garrison & Morton Bigelow had great concern for the suffering of surgical patients and was… Read More