Excerpt from A Narrative of Events: Connected With the Introduction of Sulphuric Ether Into Surgical Use William thomas green morton was born in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, August 9, 1819. After receiving a New England common-school education, he came to Boston at the age of seventeen. Here he acted as clerk and salesman in various places of business but finally betook himself to Baltimore, Maryland, where he began the study of dentistry, in the College of Dental Surgery. In 1841 - 42 he began business at Farmington, Conn. There he became acquainted with Horace Wells, an exceptionally skilful dentist of an inventive turn of mind, who was then living in Hartford. In 1842 - 43 these two dentists formed a partner ship, and established themselves in practice in Boston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.