Another look at Dumfries.

L V H Martin

Author Information

L V H Martin: vaughan@eandvmartin.fsnet.co.uk

PMID: 14725522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03603.x

Following William Morton's demonstration of ether anaesthesia in the Massachusetts General Hospital in October 1846, the first major operation in the Old World is credited to Robert Liston at University College Hospital on 21 December 1846. It has been suggested that a similar operation took place in Dumfries on 19 December 1846. The existing evidence is reviewed and new evidence from newspapers and hospital annual reports is presented. This evidence does not support the Dumfries claim.

Accidents

Amputation, Surgical

Anesthetics, Inhalation

Conflict, Psychological

Ether

History, 19th Century

Hospital Records

Humans

Newspapers as Topic

Scotland

Anesthetics, Inhalation

Ether

Historical Article Journal Article

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