Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba. 2007;64(4):124-6.

[Harvard: historical representation of anesthesia in art].

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Cátedra de Historia de la Medicina F.C.M. - U.N.C.

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This article is about the use of ether as a general anesthetic that was used for the first time by T. Morton at Harvard University. It was a landmark in future surgical procedures and this discovery was documented by the painting of the Robert Hinckey and it has been used for teaching history of medicine.

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