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41st year  -  N° 35                 Wednesday, 4 February 2026         Antwerpen		
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Friday 16th of October 1846
180 years, 3 months and 19 days ago




After administration of ether by local dentist William Thomas Green Morton, MGH Chief of Surgery, John Collins Warren painlessly removed a tumor from the neck of local printer Edward Gilbert Abbott in Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Since then the date is known as 'Ether Day'.


More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ether_Dome