Horace Wells' Demonstration of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
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Title
Horace Wells' Demonstration of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
Subject
Wells, Horace, 1815-1848.
Harvard Medical School.
Nitrous oxide.
Anesthesia.
Description
Describes Wells' unsuccessful attempt to demonstrate anesthesia using nitrous oxide at Harvard in December 1844.
Creator
Wells, Horace, 1815-1848.
Source
A History of the Discovery of the Application of Nitrous Oxide Gas, Ether, and Other Vapors, to Surgical Operations
Publisher
Hartford : J. Gaylord Wells
Date Created
1847
Format
text
Extent
2 printed pages, bound.
Language
English.
Type
text
Identifier
RD80.W5W46, c.2, p. 6-7.
Bibliographic Citation
Wells, Horace, 1815-1848. A history of the discovery of the application of nitrous oxide gas, ether, and other vapors, to surgical operations / By Horace Wells. Hartford : J. Gaylord Wells, 1847.
Provenance
Deposited by the Boston Public Library in the Boston Medical Library, 1904.
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Citation
Wells, Horace, 1815-1848., “Horace Wells' Demonstration of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School,” OnView, accessed April 23, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/18063.