1844

James Simpson suggests to Charles Clay of Manchester (a pupil of Lizars) that the generic term “gastrotomy” be replaced with “ovariotomy” (Schachner, 198).  Lister enters University College of London (Truax, 24). Charles Jackson introduces Thomas Morton to chloric ether (distillation of chloric acid and alcohol), used by Boston medical students in “ether frolics,” which Simpson used in summer of 1844 to desensitize tooth of a dental patient (Simpson, 114-115).  14 October 1844: Morton anesthetizes John Warrens patient for removal of vascular tumor from neck (117-18).