585) Horace Wells

Horace Wells (1815 – 1848). American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide (or laughing gas).

- "It ruined her handsome, red-haired, lively and lovable husband..." https://books.google.it/books…

- "Soon after this presentation, Horace Wells was trying to do the first painless operation. After the lecture, Dr Warren called the man with a dense reddish hair:" http://neurologicalsociety.org/switching-off-consciousness…/