A Defence of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's Claims to the Discovery of Etherization. Containing Testimony Disproving the Claims Set Up in Favor of Mr. W. T. G. Morton, in the Report of the Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and in no. 201 of Littell's Living Age. SIGNED BY CHARLES T. JACKSON.

LORD, Joseph L. & Henry C. LORD [JACKSON, Charles T.]

Verlag: Boston: Office of Littell's Living Age, 1848.

Beschreibung

1 leaf, 37 pp. Top edge gilt. Recent full leather, with original wrappers bound in. The original wrappers are discolored and have been backed with new paper (see photo of front wrapper; I can send a photo of the rear wrapper, upon request). First Edition. SIGNED BY CHARLES T. JACKSON: "With the respects of/ C. T. Jackson" (see photo). The front wrapper has the inscription "President Woolsey/ Yale College/ New Haven" (see photo). Theodore Dwight Woolsey was President of Yale from 1846-1971. "The present pamphlet was prepared by the Lord brothers, who were Jackson s attorneys. Jackson had engaged the Lords to investigate and substantiate the legality of his claims to priority in the use of sulphuric ether for surgical operations. The Lords were prompted to issue this document after publication of the Annual Report of the Massachusetts General Hospital which contained critical and unauthorized statements about Jackson's claims" (Heirs of Hippocrates 2029). Fulton & Stanton, Centennial of Surgical Anesthesia, V.11 (p. 71). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15961

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Titel: A Defence of Dr. Charles T. Jackson's Claims...

Verlag: Boston: Office of Littell's Living Age, 1848.

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition