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Wells was the first of three children of Horace and Betsy Heath Wells, born on January 21, 1815, in Hartford, Vermont. [1] His parents were well-educated and affluent landowners, which allowed him to attend private schools in New Hampshire and Amherst, Massachusetts. At the age of 19 in 1834, Wells began studying dentistry under a two-year ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Horace Wells (born January 21, 1815, Hartford, Vermont, U.S.—died January 24, 1848, New York, New York) was an American dentist, a pioneer in the use of surgical anesthesia. How anesthesia works. While practicing in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1844, Wells noted the pain-killing properties of nitrous oxide (“laughing gas”) during a laughing ...
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Nov 1, 2013 · Horace Wells † (1815–1848) (), a dentist in Hartford, Connecticut, was a pioneer in the use of nitrous oxide to prevent pain during dental and surgical procedures.The generally accepted description of events relating to this “discovery” is that on December 10, 1844, Wells and his wife, Elizabeth (1818–1889) (), attended a “Grand Exhibition” of nitrous oxide by Gardner Q. Colton ...
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Oct 23, 2020 · For more information, call (860) 236-5613. Dr. William A. MacDonnell is a dentist anesthesiologist and an assistant clinical professor at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He served as chair of the Horace Wells Memorial Restoration Committee of the Hartford Dental Society.
Dec 10, 2021 · Horace Wells, born in Hartford, Vermont, and educated in Boston, began his practice in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1836 and quickly rose to prominence. He married Elizabeth Wales in 1838 and continued to write about dentistry and invent various devices, such as a foot-powered shower.
Horace Wells. The American dentist Horace Wells (1815-1848) was the first practitioner to publicly advocate the use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic and one of the first to use an anesthetic. Horace Wells was born in Hartford, Vt., on Jan. 21, 1815. He attended schools in Hopkinton and Walpole, N. H., and Amherst, Mass.
Jan 24, 2023 · Steel engraving of Horace Wells (c. 1912) (Clendening History of Medicine Library) Horace Wells, an American dentist, died in a New York City prison cell on January 24, 1848, at the age of thirty-three. The eldest son of a Vermont farmer and miller, Wells had briefly considered becoming a minister before opting for a career in dentistry.
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