WARD, W. Squire

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Image source From book by Homer S. Thrall, no illustrator credit given. · Homer S. Thrall, A Pictorial History of Texas (St. Louis: N. D. Thompson & Company, 1883), p. 579. · Public domain

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1842 CE

#5650.1

Account of a case of sccessful amputation of the thigh during the mesmeric state.

TOPHAM, Sir William (1810 – 1895)

WARD, W. Squire

The original account of the first major operation performed in England using hypnosis as a form of anesthesia. The amputation was performed by Ward. Topham, a lawyer interested in mesmerism, performed the hypnosis. Th…

Surgery & Anesthesia