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Massachusetts General Hospital

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Stock #:315442
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts (MA)
County: Suffolk
Publisher: Mason Bros. & Co.
Postmark: 1917 Aug-1
Postmark City: Boston
Postmark State: MA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Located on Blossom Street and embraces a group of fine buildings. In the old operating room the first successful operation upon a patient under the influence of ether was performed in October 1866 by Dr. W. T. O. Morton. This event is commemorated by the Ether Monument, so called, in the Public Gardens

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