Anaesthesia in the 1800's

Painting by Ernest Board of the first use of general anaesthetic in 1846 by the dental surgeon W.T.G. Morton.

The Agnew Clinic, 1889, by Thomas Eakins, showing the tiered arrangement of observers watching the operation

Re-enactment of the first public demonstration of general anesthesia by William T. G. Morton on October 16, 1846 in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Ether in amputation surgery (photo taken between 1855 and 1860)