William T. G. Morton
Also known as Morton Williams, William Thomas Green Morton
United States dental surgeon (1819–1868)
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- Use of Ether As an Anesthetic at the Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War : (Expanded, Annotated)
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- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,508x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,872x
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William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868) was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. He is credited with gaining the medical world’s acceptance of surgical anesthesia.
Early life