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    <mods:title>A. L. Peirson letter to W. T. G. Morton, 1847</mods:title>
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    <mods:namePart>Peirson, A. L. (Abel Lawrence), 1794-1853.</mods:namePart>
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    <mods:dateCreated encoding='w3cdtf' keyDate='yes'>1846-11-22</mods:dateCreated>
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  <mods:abstract>Copy of a letter addressed to Morton, describing Peirson's successful surgical amputations employing ether anesthesia.</mods:abstract>
  <mods:note>Peirson, A. L. (Abel Lawrence), 1794-1853. Letterbook, 1829-1852. [B MS b54.5]</mods:note>
  <mods:note>Gift of Mrs. Lot M. Hamlin, Jr., to the Boston Medical Library, 1957.</mods:note>
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    <mods:topic>Ether</mods:topic>
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    <mods:topic>Peirson, A. L. (Abel Lawrence), 1794-1853</mods:topic>
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    <mods:topic>Morton, W. T. G. (William Thomas Green), 1819-1868</mods:topic>
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    <mods:topic>Amputation</mods:topic>
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  <mods:identifier type='local-other'>B MS b54.5, f. 86-87.</mods:identifier>
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