William Thomas Green Morton. On the occasion of 200th anniversary of the founder of general anesthesia
William Thomas Green Morton (1819-1868) was an American dentist and surgeon who, on October 16, 1846, first publicly demonstrated the successful use of inhalation ether as an anesthetic for general anesthesia. That is why the above date is rightly considered the day of the opening of ether anesthesia. The role of Morton in the development of medicine was highly appreciated by the world scientific community. The Paris Academy of Sciences awarded him the Montyon prize, and in Russia Morton was awarded the Order of Vladimir. William Morton died at the age of 49 in 1868 in New York City.