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Guthrie's memoirs would be incomplete without a history of chloroform's discovery, a discovery that has immortalized the names of three men across the civilized world. The honor of priority of discovery of chloroform has become a matter of
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in 1817, where he studied medicine and chemistry with his father, serving as his assistant at the time of his father's discovery of chloroform. He practiced medicine for ten years before moving on to other jobs due to an aversion to the field. In 1846 he settled in
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and holding public office. He recruited a company of Iowa volunteers, of which he became captain, and proceeded to the front lines soon after the conflict with Mexico began. During the Battle of Pass La Hoya, he was wounded in the knee and died after two amputations. Guthrie county,
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where he became a farmer and continued his life following only religious values. During his period in Smyrna, Samuel
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with steam power. The hydraulic works of this canal in
Chicago were designed by him and constructed under his supervision, and when completed they were capable of handling a larger volume of water than any other similar works then in existence.
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Guthrie's "chloric ether," created by distilling lime chloride with alcohol in a copper still in 1831, turned out to be chloroform, and the discovery was later applied in the medical field as a mild anaesthetic in amputation
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over violations of maritime rights. After the war, in 1817, he moved to
Sackets Harbor (then known as Sacket's Harbor) with his family in 1817, practicing medicine while establishing himself as a manufacturer and inventor.
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