From the *Archives and Special Collections Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Anesth Analg. 2013 Nov;117(5):1230-5. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31829cc6d2.
The Morton ether inhaler in the possession of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, was traced back to 1906 when the earliest known photograph of it was published. The authors believe that the inhaler was given by William T. G. Morton, MD, to J. Mason Warren, MD, in January 1847. The inhaler was acquired by the Warren Anatomical Museum at an unknown date, loaned to Massachusetts General Hospital in October 1946, and placed on permanent loan to Massachusetts General Hospital in April 1948. Many documents relating to the inhaler have disappeared, and it was only identified in 2009 as the inhaler that probably belonged to J. Mason Warren, MD. The inhaler is not believed to be the one that Morton used on October 16, 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital. It is the only known example of a Morton ether inhaler with valves (excluding replicas or reproduction inhalers) and is probably of similar design to the inhaler that Morton used on October 16, 1846.
马顿乙醚吸入器现藏于马萨诸塞州总医院,可追溯至 1906 年,当时最早的已知照片公布于众。作者认为,该吸入器是由 William T. G. Morton, MD 于 1847 年 1 月赠送给 J. Mason Warren, MD 的。吸入器于未知日期被 Warren 解剖博物馆获得,于 1946 年 10 月借给马萨诸塞州总医院,并于 1948 年 4 月永久借给马萨诸塞州总医院。许多与吸入器相关的文件已经消失,直到 2009 年才确定它就是可能属于 J. Mason Warren, MD 的那台吸入器。该吸入器被认为不是马顿于 1846 年 10 月 16 日在马萨诸塞州总医院使用的那一台。它是唯一已知的带有阀门的马顿乙醚吸入器(不包括复制品或仿制吸入器),并且可能与马顿于 1846 年 10 月 16 日使用的吸入器设计相似。