William Thomas Green Morton quotes

William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist and inventor, most famous for pioneering the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic. His demonstration of painless surgery marked a turning point in medical history. He transformed modern medicine by enabling safer and more humane surgical procedures. Here are 2 of his quotes:

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history.

William Thomas Green Morton