Movie Night: The Great Moment and the Advent of Anesthesia

When:
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016 6:00p -
8:00p

Where:
Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital
2 North Grove Street
Boston, MA 02114

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Film

Event website:
https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=13304

Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for the History of Medicine at the Countway Library present:


Movie Night: The Great Moment and the Advent of Anesthesia


On the heels of the 170th anniversary of the first successful public demonstration of anesthesia at MGH, join us for two cinematic interpretations of that fateful day. We will screen “The Great Moment,” a 1944 film directed by Preston Sturges, which focuses on dentist William T.G. Morton; and “The Advent of Anesthesia,” a short, silent 1936 film in which contemporary MGH staff reenacted the events of October 16, 1846. (Hint: One of these films is pretty true to history, and the other is … not.)


Tuesday, October 18, 2016
6:00-8:00pm


Light refreshments will be served.


Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation
Massachusetts General Hospital
2 North Grove Street, Boston MA 02114


To register, email [email protected] or call 617.724.2755.

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