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HAYWARD, George (1791 – 1863)

HAYWARD, George (1791 – 1863)

1791 – 1863

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source F. L. Lay's Photographic Atelier, 31 Winter St., Boston · collections.countway.harvard.edu · Public domain

1839 CE

#6030

Case of vesico-vaginal fistula, successfully treated by an operation.

Hayward’s successful treatment of vesicovaginal fistula was performed after Mettauer’s, although reported earlier.

1847 CE

#11913

Some account of the first use of sulphuric ether by inhalation in surgical practice. [Read before the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, April 12, 1847.]

Hayward's case report of the first major operation performed under ether anesthesia, which he performed at the Massachusetts General Hospital on November 7, 1846, three weeks after Warren's first operation using ether…