Morton Defeats Pain of Surgery

Answer T or F for true or false, or Select AD for

the phrase that best completes the sentence.

___ William Morton earned a good income as a dentist.

___ William Morton attended medical school {A. as a

favor to his wife; B. to become a better dentist; C. to become a doctor; D. to learn how to relieve pain}.

___ Before his medical studies began, William Morton

received private instruction from {A. Charles Jackson;
B. Oliver Wendell Holmes}.

___ Charles Jackson claimed he had invented the {A.

steamship; B. telegraph}.

___ William Morton learned nothing useful from

Jackson.

___ William Morton tried either first on {A. a patient;

B. himself; C. his pet dog; D. his wife}.

___ The one who was late to the first public

demonstration of ether was {A. the surgeon; B. the

patient; C. Morton}.

Morton Defeats Pain of Surgery

Answer T or F for true or false, or Select AD for
the phrase that best completes the sentence.

___ The first person to ether in surgery was {A. William

Morton; B. Charles Jackson; C. Crawford W. Long}.

___ William Morton suffered a stroke after {A. win-

ning a prize fro his accomplishments; B. reading a

newspaper account favorable to Jackson}.

___ Charles Jackson became insane after {A. seeing the

inscription on Mortons tombstone; B. reading that William won a prize}.

___ The word anesthetic means no feeling.

Morton Defeats Pain of Surgery

Complete the sentences below.
__________________ said, No, it didnt hurt at all.
__________________ said, Gentlemen, this is no
humbug!

__________________ said, Your patient is ready,

doctor.

__________________ coined the word anesthetic.

WORD BANK:

Dr. Warren, a surgeon at Massachusetts General

Hospital

Gilbert Abbott, a patient at the Massachusetts Hospital

Oliver Wendell Holmes

William Morton

Morton defeats the pain of surgery

Dentistry a painful experience

Sulfuric ether was ineffective because some patients would wake
up during surgery.
Sulfuric ether had an offensive odor and caused some patients
to have trouble breathing.

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William Thomas
Green Morton
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Charles Jackson
and the
Ether Inhaler

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Mortons

Demonstration

At Massachusetts General

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Modern
Anesthetist
your patient is ready, doctor

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