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WELLS, Horace (1815 – 1848)

WELLS, Horace (1815 – 1848)

1815 – 1848

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Image source Charles Thomas Wells, American (Hartford, CT 1839 - 1909 Hartford, CT) · harvardartmuseums.org · Public domain

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1847 CE

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A history of the discovery of the application of nitrous oxide gas, ether, and other vapours, to surgical operations.

WELLS, Horace (1815 – 1848)
WELLS, Horace (1815 – 1848)

In 1844 Wells, a Hartford dentist, successfully used nitrous oxide as a dental anesthetic. To publicize his discovery, he arranged a demonstration at Harvard Medical School in January 1845, but this proved a fiasco. W…