W T G Morton: the man who invented ether

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1. What does 'W.T.G.' stand for? William Timothy Graham William Thomas Green Whitford Thomas Graeme Walker Thomas Gilbert

2. Where was Morton born? Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia Plymouth, Massachusetts Vermont, Wells Charlton, Massachusetts

3. What was Morton's profession? Dentist Lawyer Alchemist Explorer

4. Who or what made Morton pursue a career in medicine? He always wanted to pursue medicine His in-laws He wanted to serve the poor and impoverished Medicine was a financially lucrative career option

5. Whose unsuccessful experiments with 'painless surgery' inspired Morton? William Harvey Horace Wells James Young Simpson John Snow

6. Morton continued with his experiment with ether. He successfully administered ether in a number of patients for painless tooth extraction, which were of course done by him. But to convince the scientific community he needed a public demonstration with the use of his 'wonder drug' for a major surgical case. Where did this demonstration ultimately take place? St. Luke's Hospital , New York City Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts

7. Who was the surgeon who operated on the patient under the influence of ether at Morton's public demonstration in 1846? Dr. Bigelow Dr. R.H. Eddy Dr. Augustus A. Gould Dr. John Collin Warren

8. Morton tried to get a patent for ether. What did he call the substance? Heliox Letheon Sugammadex Vitriol

9. To commemorate this discovery 16th October is celebrated all over the world in a special way. What day is it? Painfree Day Morton Day Ether Day Anesthesia Day

10. Who commented "...great gift, which he devoted to the service of mankind, proved a curse to himself and to his family"? Dr. Bigelow His wife, Elizabeth Dr. Warren Crawford long