Birth · 25 October 1806

Birth of William Russ Pugh

William Russ Pugh was born on 25 October 1806. The English surgeon and anaesthetist later devised Pugh’s inhaler in 1846 for administering early anaesthetic agents.

Archival photograph of the New York Foundling Hospital operating room circa 1899. — Operating room in New York, circa 1899. Contextual archival photograph, not the event described.
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Byron Company / Museum of the City of New York / Wikimedia Commons · Domaine public · photographie de 1899
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October 25 – On This Day in Medical History
Life in the Fast Lane (LITFL) · Historical date : 1806-10-25

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