Horace Wells

American dentist and anaesthesia pioneer (1815-1848) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 33

Horace Wells was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in medicine, specifically the use of nitrous oxide. Although he was urged to patent his discovery, he never did, believing that freedom from pain should be "as free as the air we breathe."

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