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Physicians assembled in an operating room at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital on Oct. 16, 1846, to watch chief of surgery John Collins Warren remove a tumor from the neck of young Edward Gilbert Abbott.

In case you didn't know, October 16th is National Ether Day. Let's start with a short but pertinent review of one of my all-time favorite shows.

OK, this is probably not as noteworthy as, say, National Dog Fart Awareness Day (No - I'm not kidding; it's April 8th). But worry not.