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W. T. G. Morton · 1853 · Scanned text
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Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1853, author long deceased · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/07001131); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)
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STATEMEITS,
SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE,
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You’ve reached the end of Statement, supported by evidence, of Wm. T.G. Morton, M.D., on his claim to the discovery of the anæsthetic properties of ether, submitted to the honorable the Select Committee appointed by the Senate of the United States. 32d Congress, 2d session, January 21, 1853..