Ether Dome

Infobox_nrhp | name =Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption = The inside of the dome as viewed from the surgical theatre.
location= Boston, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 48.70
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 4
long_seconds = 4.30
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1846
architect= Charles Bulfinch; George Perkins
architecture= Greek Revival
designated= January 12, 1965cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=249&ResourceType=Building|title=Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital |accessdate=2008-02-01|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-02-01|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000366 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Ether Dome was the operating room of the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. It was an early place that ether was demonstrated to the public on 16 October 1846 by William Thomas Green Morton, a Boston dentist, as an anesthetic for surgical procedures, but the first public demonstration of ether as a surgical anesthetic was performed by Dr. Crawford Long, of Danielsville, Georgia.

The Ether Dome is now used for medical conferences and presentations, and is open to the public when not in use. It contains a remarkable contemporary painting of that historic event by Warren and Lucia Prosperi, as well as mummies and other odd artifacts and relics. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark. [cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=249&ResourceType=Building|title=National Historic Landmarks Program: Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital|accessdate=2007-06-25]

References

External links

* [http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/History/restore.htm The Ether Dome: The restoration of an icon]
* [http://www.etherdome.org/Our_Stor/Our_Stor.html Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care: Our Story]