Ether Dome

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Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
The inside of the dome as viewed from the surgical theatre.
Location:	Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	42°21′48.70″N 71°4′4.30″W / 42.3635278, -71.0678611Coordinates: 42°21′48.70″N 71°4′4.30″W / 42.3635278, -71.0678611
Built/Founded:	1846
Architect:	Charles Bulfinch; George Perkins
Architectural style(s):	Greek Revival
Designated as NHL:	January 12, 1965^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	66000366 ^[2]
Governing body:	Private

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.^[3]

Outside view as photographed from the grounds	Operating theater tiered seating under the dome
Apollo statue by the entrance	Operating theater and seating
Mural depicting first use of ether

[edit] References

^ Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
^ ^a ^b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-02-01).
^ National Historic Landmarks Program: Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved on 2007-06-25.

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Ether Dome is at coordinates 42°21′49″N 71°04′04″W / 42.363528, -71.067861 (Ether Dome)Coordinates: 42°21′49″N 71°04′04″W / 42.363528, -71.067861 (Ether Dome)

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