Hostilities among C&O Canal Workers
December 4, 2019The Irish Relief Bill
December 4, 2019 The first operation, probably, that was performed in this section of Virginia with the use of chloroform was by Dr. [John] Reynolds. It was on March 1, 1848 , and the patient was an Irish workman at the Virginia Ore Bank. Dr. Taylor had gone to Baltimore and obtained a supply of the newly-discovered anaesthetic. With the assistance of Dr. Taylor and Dr. Butler, Dr. Reynolds successfully amputated the man’s leg.