title: The Mancunian way.
abstract: The authors have examined early records of the administration of ether anaesthesia in Manchester and the lives of several medical men involved in these events. Charles Strange, a dentist and chemist, in a letter to the Manchester Guardian published on 14 January 1847, described a self-administration of ether for dental extraction, but George Bowring, a surgeon, subsequently claimed the first anaesthetic administered by a doctor in Manchester. The merits of these claims are discussed in the light of the circumstances surrounding these events.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of South Manchester, Withington.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Un
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000266:history; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D004986:Ether / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century
chemical_list: D004986:Ether