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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.

The Man Who Chased Away Pain 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