Edward Gilbert Abbott [SEP] date of death
Edward Gilbert Abbott
Edward Gilbert Abbott (1825–1855) was the patient upon whom William T. G. Morton first publicly demonstrated the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic. The operation was done in an amphitheater at the Massachusetts General Hospital now known as the Ether Dome on 16 October 1846. After Morton administered the ether, surgeon John Collins Warren removed a portion of a tumor from Abbott's neck. After Warren had finished, and Abbott regained consciousness, Warren asked the patient how he felt. Reportedly, Abbott said, "Feels
Chicago, June 2-Sep. 16, 2001, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Mar. 1-July 9, 2002.
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