if anesthesia had not invented, people would have lived with pain

Humphry Davy discovered nitrous oxide

Apr 9, 1799

if Humphry Davy had not discovered nitrous oxide, the anesthesia would not exist today

Crawford Williamson Long saw that his friends were insensitive to pain although it had hurt to go reeling from one side to another under the influence of ether

Mar 30, 1842

if Crawford Williamson he had not observed their peers, he would not have ideas for potential application to surgery

"A new era for dental organ removal.": Horace Wells

Dec 17, 1844

if Wells had not wanted to check on yourself if nitrous oxide eliminated the pain, his assistant John Riggs would not practice dental extraction of a molar, without Wells complained.

Horace Wells had not observed the effects of the gas on volunteers

Apr 25, 1845

if Horace Wells had not observed the effects of the gas on volunteers and relief of pain, would not think of new anesthetic

In 1844, the dentist Horace Wells first used nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in their work.

Oct 16, 1846

if Horace Wells had not seen use nitrous oxide to Professor Gardner, he could not exprimented with this gas

Dr. Warren could remove a tumor from the neck of his patient without it feel pain.

Oct 16, 1846

if the assistant wells, william morton, had not had a patient with a tumor in the neck, the operation would not succeed

James Simpson and his partner first birth Dunkan practiced without pain using chloroform

Jul 25, 1847

if they had not found that although the patient fall asleep labor contractions continued normally, James Simpson and his partner Dunkan could not to practice first painless childbirth using chloroform

Jonh Snow perfected the technique of application of chloroform when administered in small doses

Apr 25, 1848

Jonh Snow could not perfect the technique of application of chloroform when administered in small doses over the hand, if the ether had not caused side effects

Long public his discovery of ether

Apr 1, 1849

if Long had not proposed practice a surgery to James Venable for two small tumors that wished to be extirpated, would not have the knowledge of the effect of ether

Thanks to anesthesia have been able to perform lengthy operations

Apr 25, 2013

long duration operations would not have been possible, if the anesthesia had not exist