William Thomas Green Morton

It could be the name of William Thomas Green Morton was not a loud bell in the reader's ear. But, in fact he was much more influential of the many famous people in the world. What is it? Because he was the one who introduced the use of anesthesia in surgery.
Few inventions in the history of the human person is respected by so high as
anesthesia, and not many are so profound discovery distinguish it from a previous state. Merciless dissection in ancient times while the patient is forced in a conscious state when the physician saw the bone surgery is something that is unimaginable. Fainting crew could hear it. The ability to end the terrible suffering unbearable pain is itself something of the greatest gift ever given by a fellow human being to another human being.

Morton was born in Charlton, Massachusetts in 1819. While studying at the young dental surgery Baltimore Academy. In 1842 he began to practice dentists. Briefly in the years 1842 and 1843 he worked with Horace Wells, dentist somewhat older, also interested in the problems of this anesthesia or general anesthesia. Appeared later that cooperation is not profitable, so they broke out in 1843.

A year later, Horace Wells to experiment with nitrous oxide or "laughing gas" as a narcotic. He was able to use them effectively in practice dentist in Hartford, Connecticut. Unfortunately, he did display in public in Boston failed.

In the practice of his own teeth Morton attention to the problem of how the teeth so comfortable people. To do this properly, is absolutely necessary to break down the old tooth roots exposed. Before anesthesia, broken, break it brings the pain like the devil strangled. People are not even aware of the tall abysmal it meaning anesthesia. Morton rightly take into account that "nitrous oxide" is insufficient for purposes like that. He's looking for other material more effectively.

Charles T. Jackson, a physician and scientist known as Morton suggested using "ether." That ether anesthesia has been known to power by a doctor and a Swiss chemist, Paracelsus, three hundred years earlier. So did two or three similar reports have been printed at the beginning of the 19th century. However, both Jackson and the people who write about the ether never to use it as a drug running operation at the time.

Ether containing sounds good possibilities for Morton and he immediately made the experiment, the first on animals (including pet dog) and then himself. Finally, dated 30 September 1846 it was a great opportunity to try the use of ether to a patient. A man named Eben Frost Morton hurried to the office with a screaming toothache and what to do with it from the pain can disappear. Morton sedate him and the man pulling teeth. Forst conscious when he reported there was no pain at all. It is hard to imagine what else the opportunity better for Morton to achieve fame, success and fortune.

Although the operation was a witness and broadcast by the Boston daily newspaper the next day, but not a lot of attention. Clearly, there is a need for a more dramatic demonstration. Morton then ask for the willingness Dr. John C. Warren, a veteran surgeon at Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, to provide an opportunity to use the drug prevention of pain witnessed by the doctors. Dr. Warren agreed with the plan of operations was established at the hospital. That's where, on October 16, 1846, witnessed a number of doctors and medical students Morton Gilbert Abbott anesthetized patients who want the surgery. Dr. Warren operated a tumor from his neck. Fully effective anesthesia and the show gained a huge success, immediately informed by the newspapers, and since it began in surgical anesthesia fellow for years.

A few days after surgery Gilbert Abbott, both Morton and Jackson asked for recognition of patent rights. Although patents were granted to them in the next month, after all disputes arising between them. Morton claims that he is the best nickname of the inventor is entitled to the drug, was opposed by some people, especially Jackson. However, high hopes that his invention Morton will make him rich, was missed. Generally, doctors and hospitals that use ether would not bother to pay compensation to Morton. The cost of complaint to court and fight for confirmation that he was the most entitled to discovery of drugs was far more than it receives. He became frustrated and became Rudin, and ultimately died in 1868 in New York City, has not reached the age of forty-nine years.

The use of anesthesia in the field of dentistry and in the field of surgery in general, clearly has great significance. In taking into account the importance of Morton weight in general, the main difficulty is to decide to what extent the stock appearance anesthesia should be divided between Morton with various people involved in the problem. Another important person who should be considered are: Horace Wells, Charles W. Jackson and Crawford Long, a doctor from Georgia. In consideration of the corner of the facts, it seems to me that the donations Morton far more important than others, and I was already put in place a proper order.

It is true that Harold Wells was used in the practice of anesthesia teeth almost two years before Morton's work, using ether as an anesthetic. However, used anethesia Wells - nitrous oxide - not able to revolutionize the field of surgery. In addition to the qualities they contain, nitrous oxide alone is not strong enough to anesthesia in major surgery. (It is useful now when used in combination with other drugs, and also in fields related to the teeth). In contrast, ether amazingly effective and high quality drugs and could revolutionize the field of surgery. In most individual cases, could have found the choice of drug or drug combination is preferred to ether. However, on average etherlah the most commonly used. Apart from the existing deficiencies in ether (flammable, and nausea usually occur after use), yet he remains a superior drug ever discovered. Easily removable, easily controlled, and most importantly ensure safety and have a strong power.

Crawford W. Long (born in 1815 died in 1878) was a Georgia doctor who used ether in surgery since 1842, meaning four years before the demonstration Morton. However, Long did not publish the results until the year 1849, long after Morton demonstrated the use of ether for anesthesia in surgery. As a result, the efforts of Long just enjoyed by a small number of patients, while Morton is widely enjoyed.

Charles Jackson suggested that Morton uses ether and he gave useful advice bagimana how to use it. But Jackson himself never used ether in operations work, and also not before Morton's work, he tried to tell the medical world what he knew about the ether. Morton was not Jackson who took the risk to public demonstration. When Gilbert Abbott died on the operating table, is exaggerated account of Jackson's request.

Where William Morton is in the order book list? A brief comparison may be synchronized between Morton and Joseph Lister. Both doctors, both famous for both introduce a new technique or in ways that revolutionized the field of surgery and childbirth, in terms of new discoveries - can be said - both are very real, and none of them are published ways popularize the application of techniques and experiments work, and each must share the same respect for each other inventions. My Morton's position slightly higher than Lister's mainly because I believe that in the long term measures to introduce more anesthesia is a significant development of antiseptics in surgery. In addition, to some extent, modern antibiotics can replace deficiencies existing at the time of antiseptic surgery. Without anesthesia, a complicated operation and take a long time could not performing well. Even the simplest surgery is often avoided until too late to help.

Demonstration Morton anesthesia conducted in October morning in 1846 was a significant event in human history, perhaps no word more appropriate to describe this than writing carved on the monument to commemorate Michael H. Hart,One hundred most influential figures in the history.