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Ether Day
World Anesthesia Day or World Anaesthesia Day, also known in some countries as National Anaesthesia Day or Ether Day, is an annual event celebrated around the world on 16 October to commemorate the first successful demonstration of diethyl ether anesthesia by William T. G. Morton on 16 October 1846. This ranks as one of the most significant events in the history of medicine and took place in an operating theater (now known as the Ether Dome) at the Massachusetts General Hospital, home of the Harvard School of Medicine. The discovery made it possible for patients to obtain the benefits of surgical treatment without the pain associated with an operation. Special events have been held to commemorate the date since at least 1903. The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) is an international federation of independent national professional associations of anaesthesiologists. The WFSA's Secretaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cutler Hinckley
Robert Cutler Hinckley (April 3, 1853 – June 2, 1941) was an American portraitist known for portraits of eminent Americans and his painting, Ether Dome#painting, ''The First Operation with Ether''. Early life Hinckley was born in Northampton, Massachusetts on April 3, 1853. He was the son of Samuel Lyman Hinckley and Anne Cutler (née Parker) Hinckley (1813–1898). His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Huntington Lyman and Sophia (née Hinckley) Lyman. His maternal grandparents were Samuel D. Parker (attorney), Samuel Dunn Parker and Elizabeth (née Mason) Parker, the daughter of U.S. Senator Jonathan Mason (Massachusetts politician), Jonathan Mason. His aunt, Sally Outram Lyman, was married to agricultural writer Richard L. Allen, Richard Lamb Allen. Career As a teen, he was taken by his parents to Paris for formal training in art, graduating from the École des Beaux-Arts. In his twenty years there, he trained from 1864 to 1884 under master portraitist Charles August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |