Horace Wells

Horace Wells
Name
Horace Wells
VIAF entry
Wikipedia article on Dr. Horace Wells
First Name
Horace
Last Name
Wells
Born
21 January 1815
Died
24 January 1848
Parents
Horace Wells
Betsy Heath Wells
Spouse
Elizabeth Wales
Date Married
1838
Children
Charles Thomas Wells
Profession
Dentist
Doctor
Businessman
Note
Credited with discovery of anaesthesia in America, starting with Nitrous Oxide
William Burleigh is listed as an endorser of Wells' methods in one of the pamphlets attempting to credit Wells (correctly) as the discoverer of anaesthesia (Hartford Courant, October 2, 1850, p. 2)
Went insane with self-experimentation, committed suicide after attacking two sex workers with sulphuric acid.
Portrait of Wells from The Discovery of Modern Anæsthesia, by Henry Bryan Hall, p. 26
Daguerreotype of William BurleighWilliam Henry Burleigh
Related Places
Active in Hartford when William Burleigh lived there
Frederic Edwin Church - Winter Scene in HartfordConnecticut - Western
Old Man of the Mountain U.S. Stamp 1950sNew Hampshire
Vermont Outline MapVermont
Fanueil Hall, BostonMassachusetts - Boston and eastern Massachusetts
New York City Hall 1830New York City
Associated Causes
Medical Research
Relation
Title Page of Pamphlet Defending Claims of Dr. Horace Wells"Discovery by Horace Wells of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas"
There Shall be No Pain"There Shall Be No Pain" Relief Sculpture, Grave of Horace Wells
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Title Page of Pamphlet Defending Claims of Dr. Horace Wells"Discovery by Horace Wells of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas"
There Shall be No Pain"There Shall Be No Pain" Relief Sculpture, Grave of Horace Wells

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