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Dr. Wells, the discoverer of anaesthesia

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1870 · Hartford

Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, printers, 1870. 8vo, pp. 16; engraved portrait; slight creasing else near fine in original printed green wrappers. Horace Wells was a dentist in Hartford, Conn. who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide, first used in December 1844. OCLC locates 2 copies: AAS and the Huntington. (Inventory #: 54957)
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