Mass General History: Two Centuries in 45 Minutes

Schedule

Fri Apr 24 2026 at 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm

UTC-04:00

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Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA

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Tour the Ether Dome, site of the first successful public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, and other sites of historical interest.
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Tour the Ether Dome, the historic operating theater where surgical anesthesia was first successfully, publicly demonstrated in 1846, and other points of historical interest in the hospital's main complex. If you have more time, follow us back to the hospital's Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation just down the block.

Registration is required. Tickets are limited to 16 people.

*PLEASE NOTE* Proceed through the hospital's main entrance and continue straight. Tours meet near the small information desk by Coffee Central.

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Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, United States

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