The Man Who Chased Away Pain

<p>On October 16 1846 a young dentist named William T. G. Morton performed a public miracle: he used a strange vapor to render a patient unconscious for surgery forever banishing the agony of the knife. He was hailed as a hero but his triumph soon turned to tragedy.</p><p><em>The Man Who Chased Away Pain</em> tells the gripping untold story of Morton's life-a tale of genius ambition and betrayal. As he battled former partners and the medical establishment for credit and profit he was thrust into a controversy that would consume his life destroy his reputation and leave him a broken man. This is the definitive account of the man who gave the world a new kind of mercy but found no peace for himself. Approx.160 pages 32200 word count</p>