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Ether Monument, Public Garden, Boston

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Collection Type

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GUSN

GUSN-283128

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Description

The sculpture is the Good Samaritan story illustrating the first use of ether in 1846 in Massachusetts General Hospital.

Details

Descriptive Terms

monuments
statues
fountains
medicine
public gardens
parks (recreation areas)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Stebbins negative 8706

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC047

Collection Name

Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

Reference Code

PC047.02.6030.08706

Places

Back Bay (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 (Sculptor)

Material Type

photographs

Subjects

Ether Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Anesthetics
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Arlington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Marlborough Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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