title: Gain without pain: the dawn of elective surgery.
authors.affiliation: Boston, Mass. From Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history*; D001108:Architecture / Q000266:history*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D004986:Ether / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004986:Ether