The history of the development of anesthesia, oral surgery and hospital dental service in the United States of America
Subtitle: [by] Archer, Asbell [and] Irby
Contributors: Archer, W. Harry (William Harry); Asbell, Milton B. (Milton Baron); Irby, William B., 1913-
Publisher: [Council on Hospital Dental Service, American Dental Association]
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Pittsburgh]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: Anesthesiology; History; Hospital Dental Service; Oral Surgery
Other titles: History of the development of oral surgery in the United States.; Hospital dental service in the United States.
Notes: "These chapters are reprinted from the 1971 fourth edition of the Oral surgery directory of the world."--Label.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 11. The history of anesthesia. Horace Wells, who first discovered, demonstrated and proclaimed the blessings of surgical anesthesia. William T. G. Morton, dentist, who first publicly demonstrated ether anesthesia: a short biography, by W. H. Archer.- 12. History of the development of oral surgery in the United States, by W. B. Irby.- 13. Hospital dental service in the United States, a historical review, by M. B. Asbell.- 14. The American Dental Association and hospital dental service: a critical historical review, 1920-1950, by W. H. Archer.