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BIGELOW, Henry Jacob (1818-1890). Ether and Chloroform; their Discovery and Physiological Effects. Boston: David Clapp, 1848.
8vo (230 x 150 mm). Original salmon wrappers uncut; cloth folding case.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, containing printings of two papers: "Ether and Chloroform: A Compendium of their History, Surgical Use, Dangers, and Discovery," an offprint from Vol. I of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; and "Anaesthetic Agents, their Mode of Exhibition and Physiological Effects," an offprint from the Transactions of the American Medical Association. "Bigelow's speedy publication of Morton's discovery, and his subsequent advocacy of ether assured its adoption throughout the civilized world" (Garrison-Morton 5730).
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum