Horace Wells
notes: label: Description
content: Plaster cast of the death mask of Horace Wells (1815–1848), the American dentist who pioneered the use of nitrous oxide anesthesia in dentistry.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11155
label: catalog number
content: M-11155
label: accession number
content: 259202
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Death Mask
label: Other Terms
content: Death Mask; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 1/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 15.39875 cm x 8.89 cm