• Anesth Pain Control Dent · Jan 1992

    Biography Historical Article

    Victory over pain: an historical perspective.

    • P H Jacobsohn.
    • Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    • Anesth Pain Control Dent. 1992 Jan 1;1(1):49-52.

    AbstractHorace Wells, a dentist, is credited with the discovery of anesthesia. However, there are others who experimented with inhalation agents long before Wells' time. This paper reviews the history of anesthesia and recounts its discovery by Wells in 1844 as we approach the 150th anniversary of the event.

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