Ether Dome, Massachusetts General Hospital
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
The inside of the dome as viewed from the surgical theatre.
Location:	Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates:	42°21′48.70″N 71°4′4.30″W / 42.363528°N 71.067861°W / 42.363528; -71.067861
Built/Founded:	1846
Architect:	Charles Bulfinch; George Perkins
Architectural style(s):	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL:	January 12, 1965[2]
NRHP Reference#:	66000366 [1]

The Ether Dome was the operating room in the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. It was a place where early use of ether was demonstrated to the public. The first such demonstration in Boston occurred on 16 October 1846 when William Thomas Green Morton, a local dentist, used ether as an anesthetic for surgical procedures, but the first public demonstration of ether as a surgical anesthetic was undertaken by Dr. Crawford Long, of Danielsville, Georgia.

The Ether Dome is now used for medical conferences and presentations, and is open to the public when not in use. It contains a remarkable contemporary painting of that historic event by Warren and Lucia Prosperi, as well as mummies and other odd artifacts and relics. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark.^[3]

[edit] Gallery

Outside view as photographed from the grounds	Operating theater tiered seating under the dome
Apollo statue by the entrance	Operating theater and seating

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Ether Dome: The restoration of an icon
• Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care: Our Story

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