Fig. 2.  (A ) The wreckage associated with the first known aviation mortality. Orville Wright took LT Thomas Selfridge on a trial flight, as part of the US military consideration for a contract for purchasing aircraft. With more than 2,000 attendants watching the flight, Selfridge took off with O. Wright. Shortly after their ascent, their propeller cracked and broke, resulting in the aircraft coming to the ground, seriously injuring O. Wright and fatally injuring Selfridge. Interestingly, the crash was in a field neighboring Arlington National Cemetery, where Selfridge was buried. The picture is from The Official Website of the Air Force Historical Research Agency and is public domain.3(B ) Depiction of the first anesthetic death as the result of chloroform. The patient was aged 15 yr and was about to undergo the removal of a great toenail. She had undergone a similar procedure on the other foot 1 month previously. The anesthetic was administered by Thomas N. Meggison, M.D., and the procedure was performed by his assistant, Mr. Lloyd. The anesthetic was administered by pouring a teaspoon of chloroform on a handkerchief that was placed on the patient's face. Shortly after the procedure began, the patient coughed and moved, which caused Meggison to place more anesthetic on the patient's mouth. Shortly afterward, the patient's color changed and the operation was discontinued; then, resuscitation began. The resuscitation consisted of water on the face, followed by brandy, neither of which revived the patient. She was then laid on the floor, and the veins in her arms and jugular were opened, but no blood flowed. According to Meggison, “the whole process of inhalation operation of this section and death could not, I should say, have occupied more than 2 min.” Permission to use the photograph was given by the Mary Evans Picture Library, London, England (available at: http://www.prints-online.com; picture No. 10110132).4