Doctor William Pugh’s Australia-first ether

Tamara McDonald
Updated March 28 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 12:37pm
HISTORIC FIGURE: A statue of Doctor William Pugh at Prince's Square, Launceston, built by Peter Corlett and erected in 1997.
HISTORIC FIGURE: A statue of Doctor William Pugh at Prince's Square, Launceston, built by Peter Corlett and erected in 1997.

Experimental, innovative surgeon Dr William Russ Pugh executed an incredible medical act in Launceston in 1847.

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Tamara McDonald

Tamara McDonald

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