Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in the June 7 Ideas section mischaracterized William Morton's 1846 use of ether at Massachusetts General Hospital as the first surgical operation under anesthetic. It was the first such operation to be demonstrated publicly. (Full article: 131 words)
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