In October 1846, the world discovered the miracle of surgical anesthesia... and then four men spent the next two decades fighting over which one of them deserved all of the credit. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/kings-of-pain/ Key sources for this episode include Julie Fenster's ETHER DAY: THE STRANGE TALE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY AND THE HAUNTED MEN WHO MADE IT; Richard Wolfe's I AWAKEN TO GLORY: ESSAYS CELEBRATING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF ANESTHESIA BY HORACE WELLS; Richard Wolfe's TARNISHED IDOL: WILLIAM T.G. MORTON AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SURGICAL ANESTHESIA; and Richard Wolfe's CHARLES THOMAS JACKSON: THE HEAD BEHIND THE HANDS. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Email: [email protected] Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/