Do You Know A Dentist was the Father of General Anesthesia?

Sleepy & Ready for Dental Work! Back in the 1800s, a young dentist, Dr. Horace Wells was determined to make dental care as painless as possible.  He experimented on a number of techniques sometimes medical to find a way to ameliorate pain and discomfort during dental procedure.  He adopted many other health field’s techniques to dentistry and he was indeed very creative and energetic.  He even used himself as guinea-pigs in most of his experiments.  His original practice was in Hartford, CT and he introduced the use of nitrous oxide in pain management during dental treatment.  This discovery changed the field of dentistry and medicine forever and paved the way for the development of anxiolysis, conscious sedation and general anesthesia.  Dr. Wells was only 33 years old when he took his life and was honored  for his contribution to modern anesthesia by an honorary membership of the world-renounced Medical Society of Paris and both the American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Medical Association  (AMA) recognized him as a giant in the field of general anesthesia.