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Nowisee
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Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nitrous oxide was used as a "party game" (kind of like the hypnosis shows in Vegas) and, when a friend of Horace Wells hurt himself after using it and felt no pain...well, the dentist noticed and It became an early form of anesthesia!

Dental patients were REALLY happy about this accidental discovery and experienced no side effects as per the IJ.
Flyinglady
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Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

LOL Nowisee. Thanks for the bit of important history.
Colleentinker
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Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 9:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)



Thanks!

Colleen
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Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 6:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

LOL! I have a lot of patients that really appreciate nitrous... I'm sure they are very grateful for Horace Wells' discovery. I wonder why in hygiene school at LLU they didn't connect these events together? ;)

vivian
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Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 9:32 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Vivian, LOL!!!
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Posted on Monday, December 26, 2011 - 6:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

:-)

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