Title:
Paying homage to father of painless dentistry
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
painless dentistry
Dentist Horace Wells
Nitrous Oxide and chloroform
Anaesthesia
Hartford's Bushnell park memorial
Dentist Horace Wells
Nitrous Oxide and chloroform
Anaesthesia
Hartford's Bushnell park memorial
Object ID:
Kim08-019a
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
12/07/2000
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Born in Vermont in 1815 Dr. Horace Wells became a Hartford, Connecticut dentist in 1838. He is believed to be the first to use an anesthetic such as Nitrous Oxide, known as laughing gas, and chloroform for dental surgery. Not a success in his life time, he committed suicide in jail, ending his life at age 33. A memorial in Hartford's Bushnell park lists his name and attributes him as, "…the Discoverer of Anaesthesia, December 1844".
People:
Wells, Horace ( Dr. of Denistry)
Riggs, (Dr. of Denistry)
Davie, Humphrey (Sir)
Colton (Mr.)
Cooley, Samuel A.
Riggs, (Dr. of Denistry)
Davie, Humphrey (Sir)
Colton (Mr.)
Cooley, Samuel A.
Search Terms:
dental surgery (painless)
anesthetic
Laughing Gas
Nitrous Oxide
chloroform
anaesthesia
Hartford's Bushnell park memorial
anesthetic
Laughing Gas
Nitrous Oxide
chloroform
anaesthesia
Hartford's Bushnell park memorial