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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grimke , John Faucheraud 1752 -1819 (search)
Grimke, John Faucheraud 1752-1819
Jurist; born in South Carolina, Dec. 16, 1752; studied law in London, England; was one of the thirty Americans who petitioned the King to stay the acts of Parliament infringing on American rights; and served through the Revolutionary War with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He published Revised edition of the laws of South Carolina to 1789; Law of executors for South Carolina; Public law of South Carolina; Duty of Justices of the peace, etc. He died in Long Branch, N. J., Aug. 9, 1819.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morton , William Thomas Green 1819 -1868 (search)
Morton, William Thomas Green 1819-1868
Dentist; born in Charlton, Mass., Aug. 9, 1819.
After studying dentistry in Baltimore in 1840, he settled in Boston (1842), where he successfully manufactured artificial teeth.
While attending lectures at a medical college, he conceived the idea that sulphuric ether might be used to alleviate pain.
Assured of its safety by experiments on himself, he first administered it successfully in his dental practice Sept. 30, 1846, extracting a firmly rooted tooth without pain.
At the request of Dr. John C. Warren, ether was administered to a man in the Massachusetts General Hospital, from whose groin a vascular tumor was removed while the patient was unconscious.
Dr. Morton obtained a patent for his discovery in November, 1846, under the name of Letheon, offering, however, free rights to all charitable institutions; but the government appropriated his discovery to its use without compensation.
Other claimants arose, notably Dr. Charles T. Jackso