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The section upon etherization, we presume, will serve as a specimen of Dr. Davis's History of the First Half of the Eighteenth Century.

From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various

The mere touching of the pin caused the woman intense pain; even after etherization it was necessary to construct a special instrument to extract it.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Doctor Morton had every reason to believe that there was a fortune to be made in etherization.

From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston

They recommended an appropriation of a hundred thousand dollars to be given to Doctor Morton in return for the free use of etherization by the surgeons of the army and navy.

From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston

We regret to see him deciding the discovery of etherization in favor of his brother-in-law, Dr. Jackson; a question which a Congressional committee found itself unable to determine.

From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Stearns, Frank Preston