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American Innovations

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Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As Horace Wells’ life goes from bad to worse, William Morton becomes an unlikely hero.

This episode originally aired on November 22, 2018.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American innovations
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0:07.6	It's October 16th, 1846 in Boston.
0:18.8	And William Morton is panicking.
0:21.0	Can't you hurry? Just slap a mouthpiece on already.
0:24.0	You want it to leak? I've got to seal it.
0:26.3	Better a leaky inhaler than nothing.
0:29.3	Morton is standing in the shop of a scientific instrument maker
0:33.3	named Nathan Chamberlain.
0:34.8	Morton is hovering over his shoulder impatiently
0:37.3	and trying to bite his tongue.
0:39.3	Yeah, it's already 10. I'm late.
0:41.8	And you'll be even later if you don't stop blocking my light.
0:45.3	Chamberlain jabs an elbow into Morton hard.
0:48.3	Morton backs off and flings himself into a chair.
0:51.3	As a former con man, Morton has been in plenty of sticky situations before.
0:56.3	He's even faced jail time. But he can't ever recall feeling this tense.
1:01.3	Who knew science was so nerve-racking?
1:04.3	Had 10-10? Morton buries his head in his hands.
1:08.3	He's certain the surgery at Mass General is proceeding without him.
1:11.3	Dr. Warren will be furious.
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