Download or read book The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells Surgeon Dentist written by Michael Downs and published by Acre Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1844, Horace Wells, a Connecticut dentist, encountered nitrous oxide, or laughing gas--then an entertainment for performers in carnival-like theatrical acts--and began administering the gas as the first true anesthetic. His discovery would change the world, reshaping medicine and humanity's relationship with pain. But that discovery would also thrust Wells into scandals that threatened his reputation, his family, and his sanity--hardships and triumphs that resonate in today's struggles with what hurts us and what we take to stop the hurt. In this novel, Michael Downs mines the gaps in the historical record and imagines the motivations and mysteries behind Wells's morbid fascination with pain, as well as the price he and his wife, Elizabeth, paid--first through his obsession, then his addiction. The book is a love story, but also a story of what love can't redeem; of narcotic dreams and waking insanity; of humbug and miracle; of pain's destruction and what pains can never be eased. Following Wells throughout New England and across the ocean to Paris, the novel immerses the reader in the nineteenth century, conveying through rich physical description and telling dialogue the tragic life of a dentist who gave everything to rid the world of suffering.

Download or read book A History of the discovery of the application of Nitrous Oxide Gas Ether and other vapors to surgical operations written by Horace WELLS and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Anaesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery written by Ian Shaw and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Anaesthesia series, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of all aspects of anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery. This area represents one of the most common indications for anaesthesia worldwide and an understanding of this subject is key to the safe practice of anaesthesia.

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