[DOC] [TLE] Horace Wells - Wikipedia [PAR] (October 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). Dr. 
Horace Wells. Horace Wells (January 21, 1815  January 24, 1848) was an 
American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, ... Wells first 
bore witness to the effects of nitrous oxide in 1844 when he volunteered to have it
... [DOC] [TLE] Horace Wells Discovers Pain-free Dentistry | ConnecticutHistory.org [PAR] This Hartford dentist played key role in the development of anesthesia but ... In 
the early 19th century Hartford dentists Horace Wells and William Morton ... In 
1844, Morton began (but never completed) his studies at Harvard Medical 
College. ... by his patients during dental procedures, he immediately enlisted 
Colton's help. [DOC] [TLE] William Morton Story, First Public Demonstration of Anesthetic [PAR] "[In 1844] there was a dentist in Boston named William Thomas Green Morton, ... 
or consulting men of science, he began, from time to time, to experiment with 
various ... to a patient for the purpose, as the experimenter said, of pulling a tooth 
without pain. ... Horace Wells, born in Vermont in 1815, established himself, in 
1836,... [DOC] [TLE] The painful story behind modern anesthesia | PBS NewsHour [PAR] Oct 16, 2013 ... Morton began his dental studies in Baltimore in 1840. Two years later he set up 
practice in Hartford, ultimately working with a dentist named Horace Wells. ... 
Satisfied with its safety and reliability, he began using ether on his dental patients
. ... perceived that Letheon was good for far more than pulling teeth. [DOC] [TLE] The Dawn of Modern Anesthesia - The Atlantic [PAR] Sep 4, 2014 ... In 1844, a Connecticut dentist named Horace Wells came to ... In the early 1830s, 
sulfuric ether and nitrous oxide were both used as recreational drugs. ... he 
convinced a colleague to extract one of his teeth after he himself ... with air, 
believing it might prove to be an even better anesthetic than nitrous oxide. [DOC] [TLE] Neither Snow nor Rain . . . Stay a Hartford Dentist's Quest - NYTimes ... [PAR] Aug 2, 1992 ... Horace Wells was a dentist of the last century, a strange, tormented man ... the 
most legitimate claim to being the discoverer of anesthesia. ... gas himself so that 
another dentist could pull his wisdom tooth. ... Was it Dr. Wells in 1844? ... of 
Georgia who claimed he used ether to render a patient unconscious... [DOC] [TLE] Nitrous Oxide - used, first, anesthetic, body, Nitrous Oxide and ... [PAR] He noted its exhilarating effects, especially the way it made him want to laugh ... It 
was attended by local dentist Dr. Horace Wells (1815-1848). ... the patient yelped 
with pain when his tooth was pulled, embarrassing Wells before the group ... a 
Chicago surgeon, began to use nitrous oxide in combination with oxygen in 1868
... [DOC] [TLE] History of dental anaesthesia - Oxford Medicine [PAR] The history of dental anaesthesia can almost be regarded as the history of 
anaesthesia ... and also observed the effects of gases on both patients and 
himself. ... For the next 40 years, nitrous oxide, and also ether, was used for 
frolics and public ... He had worked with Horace Wells and knew of his failed 
attempt with nitrous... [DOC] [TLE] Horace Wells Monument - Hartford Courant [PAR] Jul 17, 2014 ... Wells pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry. He began a successful dental 
practice in Hartford in 1836. In 1844 he began to have an interest in nitrous oxide 
when he saw a man inhale the gas, then himself but seemed to ... Apparently, not 
enough was administered, and his dental patient cried out in... [DOC] [TLE] ToothacheA History of Agony  Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY [PAR] Toothache sufferers are soon encouraged to part with their money and their teeth
. Drums and ... Modern dentists can cure toothache, and they can often prevent 
tooth loss. Even so, many ... He was the first to seat patients in a dentist's chair 
rather than on the floor. Fauchard

Question: In 1844 dentist Horace Wells used this anesthetic on himself to pull a tooth; he then began using it on patients
Answer: nitrous oxide