Mr. Frost asked the doctor to hypnotize him so he could avoid the pain. But that was not necessary. Dr. Morton had been experimenting with a chemical called “rectified sulfuric ether.” He had given it to his dog, a cat and even himself, but never on a patient.
The dentist told Mr. Frost that he had something even better than a hypnotic treatment, if he cared to try it. Mr. Frost willingly agreed. Dr. Morton soaked a piece of cloth with ether and told his patient to breathe in deeply. Mr. Frost became unconscious almost immediately, and the tooth was pulled.
When Mr. Frost awoke a few minutes later, he said he had felt no pain and remembered nothing.
Dr. William Morton stopped doing dental work to publicize the use of ether, but he went bankrupt. When he died of a stroke at age 49, his wife and children received nothing.
I’m Christopher Cruise, and that’s As It Is from The Voice of America.
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