British dental journal
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British dental journal · Mar 2016
Biography Historical ArticleThe place of James Arnott (1797-1883) in the development of local anaesthesia in dentistry.
Dental disease in the form of caries and abscesses has been known since antiquity. Before the advent of anaesthesia, operations upon the mouth were painful. ⋯ He waged a long campaign and his method received recognition and was used in France and the USA. His method stimulated the development of pharmacological anaesthesia.