New York University College of Dentistry - Dental Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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fy AIX: 'wr 'J I I 'Ss llll I Till' I - llllllIIllllllIIIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllll I ll ll Ill Ill Illl llllllllllllllllll l l A M his ipparatus Morton calmly administered the 'anesthetic and turning to Dr. ,suriy- lll fllll ll -bi ' -. y 'U ' I , , -, , , , , , ggi X . l if :' N, H ,fi il fi ? fi l Q l 2 Warren, said: Dr. Warren, your patient is ready . The silence of the tomb reigned in the large amphitheatre while Dr. Warren made his first incision through the skin and dissected out a large tumor, while the patient made no sign nor moved a muscle of his body. When the operation was completed, Dr. Warren turned to the audience and said slowly and emphatically: Gentlemen, this is no humbug, and Bigelow remarked, I have seen something today that will go around the world . A little over a month later, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a letter to Morton, dated November 21, 1846, suggesting that the state produced by the anesthetic should be called anesthesia , as a term which will be repeated by the tongues of every civilized race of mankind . In July, l868, Morton left his home for New York to reply to an article that had recently appeared advocating Jackson's claim as the discoverer of ether anesthesia. The agitation and extremely hot weather then prevailing affected him to such an extent that in driving through Central Park he lost consciousness and died while being taken to St. Lukels Hospital. Morton is the only physician in the Hall of Fame today. No new anesthetic of importance was discovered or developed for over seventy-five years. During this time nitrous oxide has been almost universally used by dentists while ether is the commonly accepted anesthetic for surgical operations, on April 27, l923, Arno B. Luckhardt, M.D., of Chicago, and his associates discov- ered and reported the analgesic qualities of ethylene QCQHU. Brown of Canada, about the same time and independently, announced the properties of the same gas. This gas is unquestionably safer than nitrous oxide, and today occupies a position between nitrous oxide and ether, both as to analgesia and anesthesia. The place it will finally occupy is yet to be determined, as it still is on trial. J, BNN? 3 J THHS l or x Ebfl :EL E fr , ll iii IE it i 0 J el .a -li i f 15' CONDUCTIVE ANAESTHESIA CLASS K' Tl' m In ll ,..... ........... ....., l Q' .- .... -wig IIIIIIUP' y -.,m,,ul . .....,.. ' ,. ,........ 2: ..... - ..,. Im ' hL- :Ln wwgr -,I 'n I pn H H mqlluml' na 1, julvl-Ld 's ?Ql!ll'!!F !l?aa .s lwr-f:::!?'lflll-at.lll11926 .lf 11--f-ll.Jli'11:1 -im gl 1fi'laW'!llls5il l35l

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'Il 111' ' lll ' ' ltxcyl ' 1 I 'll .. '.' llllllllll lllulunu an uunnuunuvun r sunu ununa sl ll 257 In mu .............. . . in if ' ,,l ,., E 2 galllgf ? K5 3-E F '? - 1 E 3 2 gif if inimals between the years l8'7O and 1878 His British colleagues were unim- pressed by his eFforts to relieve pain and French surgeons were no more sym- pathetic in their attitude Hickman practically sacrificed his career and life in hi' attempts to gain recognition of the value of his discovery for relieving pain during evere surgical operations dying at the early age of twenty-nine Iater both ether and nitrous oxide were used especially by medical ,rtudents for inhalation to the point of intoxication or stage of excitement It remained for Dr Crawford W long a graduate of the University of Pennsyl- vania and a country practitioner of Georgia to intelli ently employ ether for surgical operations long continued to use ether in his practice from time to time but he did not publish his discovery nor make any claim,for priority until after the successful demonstration of Morton and so is necessarily deprived of the larger honor which would have been his had he been less modest Iong was not embittered as were others advancing their claims for priority and is the only one who died a peaceful death in the sixty-second year of his age In 1844 Horace Wells a dentist of Hartford Conn. discovered independently of Long the anesthetic qualities of nitrous oxide and used this gas for the painless extraction of teeth. In 1845 he attempted a public demonstration before the Harvard Medical College, which proved a disastrous failure. A sensitive man, he was overwhelmed with mortifica- tion, and felt himself disgraced. He continued, however, to use the gas in his private practice. Four years after his discovery, his reason having given way early in 1848, he died by his own hand. On March 8, 1847, Flouerens, a Frenchman, pointed out the anesthetic quali- ties of chloroform and ethyl chloride, but his observations did not attract general attention. During the same year, and independently, Dr. Simpson fafterwards Sir James Y. Simpsonj consulted Waldie, a chemist of Liverpool, who suggested the use of chloroform. On November 4, 1847, Simpson discovered the anesthetic properties of chloroform and made known the fact in a paper on November 10. William T. G. Morton, a successful dentist of Boston, and a former pupil of Wells, demonstrated the anesthetic properties of ether, as far as we know, entirely independent of Long's discovery. The ether was used at the suggestion of Charles T. Jackson, a chemist of Boston. Constant worry and anxiety that he would not be credited for his share in the discovery of ether caused a mental derangement in 1873 from which'he never recoveredg Dr. Jackson died August 29, 1880. Morton ,.s Illlhuirull E 'fi 2 its ata il' A I lll 5 E 'E E .E 5 5 Q E 2 : E E : .- 5 r . 'auf uv-'H ' ' ul- L111391111..1 !!l!2TEWW!fffrf?i:!!F F....l-f1Yl,'..l.. H926 .,..'.f'i'17f..l!... li'1::?111ifffun25ii'EeaTi'2l!!' E was unquestionably the first man to give a successful public demonstration of E g 5 : r lpn ,Tm HKQWI iiliwli.-:::.'lI Ilmmumlmlunnuu null l 'Q 'lullmlllmnlnmllllulllllllllllllllll ll u: 'lvH: Elll I I l ' 'Im' x ll-1' ,lb 'W-1-- f ' ffvmfn . IM-EV l -1---'Il-W--1--rea-..n l- r'e1ff'a : I ,gym sl llr u I L V lllll I I lllll ll I III ll I 'Tl I. x . dia' gk 2 2 . . .. .. . ' ' E E-tg , ' 5 r-T.: 1 4 D 5 5 s . , . . E - A 1 , ' - : E : E C ' ' ' ' 5 E 5 . . . . , E 5 5 ' ' D Q E 5 5 ' E E 5 - 4 Q F G . 5 5 R Q , gl ll. 5 E .-2 - 4 , 2 E 5 1 2 ' ' E I Q 2 xv E 9 ' 1 9 2 E if , 3 1 9 s 9 g - I s :K N 3 . 1 E ,I E 2 ll ' E ' surgical anesthesia. This occurred in the Massachusetts General Hospital in the V 'A presence of the medical and surgical staffs, on October 16, 1846. The circumstances 1 5 E were very dramatic. .1-g Morton came into the amphitheatre late, delayed by waiting for the completion ' ' of a new inhaler. Just a few minutes before. Dr. Warren had remarked, As Dr. 5 - Morton has not arrived, I presume he is otherwise engaged, apparently conveying 3 the idea that Dr.'Morton was not likely to appear. As he was about to proceed 1 is ith his operation, Morton entered. Amidst that sea of faces he saw not one which Q was sympathizing. Blank incredulity, or at the best, curiosity, alone was to be seen. 1 1 Warren, turning to him, remarked: Well, Slf, y0l1r patient is ready . Adjusting 4 alla --- CMU :Z lin qi I-UE 95 'E F'5 r 9 E li ... EQS .2 ?-i 23 2 a 1, 3 4 U-ii llllll I I Y 1 um 1 i Ju n ll as II ll I ll ll In mul ,5-azz ll I u 1341

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ll' -A ' I In . 1.lllllllllllllllllllllllllll u mn llll ll 'SE l ln mu n l .' . . I ,A 'lj fl L15 :jig-, 2. Fi: , - HAROLIJ D. Sm IOR - X- Przf sszr 2. , THOMAS DARLINGTON 5 :lg Associate Prof. ' 5 if ' 5 i. E gli T' l, 5 I I HAROLD D. SENIOR Inst. fGrussj EMANUEL I. DIAMOND Inst. fGrossj MARGARET HOSKINS Asst. Prof. fMirroj NIILTON D. OVERHOI,SER Inst. fMicraj E E E E Aff! EE A-E : E I . 5 GERALD C. PARKER NIARGARET HosK1Ns fbi 5-- E 5 E A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF : ,iwgtg .r ...A .Il ul.. , . I lumn Ill n .I llnunmm ll munumm ll . . ..nn ll . h. .1 gil! 1- 'E 5 E 5 E ? E 2 5 5 ' 3 E E E 5' 5 A .E in - . 'V gi 54 5 , ' ll 5 Og I ll i s ANATOMY 5 2 By H. D. SENIOR, M.D. 502 . . . . L5 The Anatomical Department of New York University, as at present consti- gi! tuted, traces its origin from the o enin of the Medical Colle e of the Universit of P S S Y I the City of New York in 1841. In 1898 the University Medical College united gl. A with the Bellevue Hospital Medical College to form the present University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College and took Over the new building of the latter, i 55 which, in its present enlarged form it still continues to occupy. a 5 Ellii pi ' H925 f '5'J 'llIlilWif??Fi535'l 'i'E:'5riWllIllIH 1q qli !'J.uil:- 'mud' 'lllllu-. JI.. ll - I Il ll -.IL-- ..ulIlll' l liarlu' 'fllllug-l 'lJ.4I l36l