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04/30/1833 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes sails from New York on the Philadelphia to study medicine in Paris. |
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02/21/1837 |
Woman is “taken unexpectedly in the pains of labor” on Washington Street. |
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02/27/1837 |
Bakers’ Riot occurs. |
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1838 |
Boston doctor performs early plastic surgery. |
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1840 |
American Society for Dental Surgeons is established in Boston. |
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1843 |
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. “The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever.” |
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09/30/1846 |
William T.G. Morton successfully administers ether to a patient. |
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10/16/1846 |
Ether is first used successfully in a public surgery. |
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11/08/1846 |
Bigelow, Dr. Henry J. “Ether: Insensibility During Surgical Operations.” |
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04/24/1847 |
Dimock (Susan) is born in Washington, North Carolina. |
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