title: Diffusion of an innovation: the first public demonstrations of general anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233-1924.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000266:history*; D001900:Boston; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans