page_title: Pneumatic Institution
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Pneumatic Institution / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Beddoes
context_page_description: The Pneumatic Institution was a medical research facility in Bristol, England, in 1799–1802. It was established by physician and science writer Thomas Beddoes to study the medical effects of the gases that had recently been discovered. Humphry Davy headed the Institution's laboratory, examining the effects of laughing gas on himself and others, and James Watt designed much of the lab's equipment.
caption: Thomas Beddoes, founder of the Pneumatic Institution, Bristol, by Edward Bird
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