William Thomas Green Morton

“Dr. Warren, your patient is ready.”

“He has been in a state of complete insensibility, and has not experienced the slightest pain.”

“My new agent I am proud to say is a-conqueror of pain, and I have used it in over one hundred and fifty cases without the slightest accident.”

“I have been charged with interested and selfish motives. I leave my vindication to my works, and to my profession.”

“The patent was for a new and useful improvement in surgical operations, but I was willing to give its benefits to the army and navy.”