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Excerpt from Circular: Morton's LetheonAs a general answer to your favor of concerning the new and valuable discovery, whereby pain is pre vented in Dental and other surgical operations, I hasten to transmit the following extracts from the communication Of Dr. H. J. Bige low, one Of the surgeons Of the Massachusetts General Hospital, in this city, read before the Boston Society Of Medical Improve ment, Nov. 9th, 1846, and before the American Academy Of Arts and Sciences, on the 3d Of the same month.You will observe, that the experiments referred to by Dr. B., were among the earliest to which spectators were admitted and, although striking and conclusive in themselves, they are, if possi ble, more than equalled by the numerous operations daily made, under the use Of the discovery, in this city, as well as in other places where I have granted licenses for the employment Of it.IT has long been an important problem in medical science to devise some method Of mitigating the pain of surgical Operations. An efficient agent for this purpose has at length been discovered. A patient has been rendered completely insensible during an amputation Of the thigh, regain ing consciousness after a short interval. Other severe Operations have been performed without the knowledge Of the patients. So remarkable an occurrence will, it is believed, render the following details relating to the history and character Of the process, not uninteresting.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.