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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
BOOTT, Francis (1792 – 1863)

BOOTT, Francis (1792 – 1863)

1792 – 1863

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1847 CE

#7882

Surgical operations performed during insensibility, produced by the inhalation of sulphuric ether.

BOOTT, Francis (1792 – 1863)
BOOTT, Francis (1792 – 1863)

The first use of ether as an anesthetic in Britain (for a dental procedure) was conducted in Boott's house at 24 Gower Street on 19 December 1846. Boott issued the second announcement of ether anesthesia published in …