SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2021
THE DENTIST'S MISSING TOOTH!
Dr. Horace Wells probably pulled a lot\
of teeth during his years as a Dentist in
Connecticut. But it was his own tooth that
made history. And he had a friend pull it!
Dr. Wells had notixed that a number of
medical patients seemed to have less pain
when exposed to Nitrous Oxide. It was a
gas discovered by Joseph Priestly, that same
scidentist who isolated oxygen (and who
settled, by the way, near Sunbury, Pa.)!
Dr. Wells wondered if the gas might ease
the pain of tooth extractions. So, while
inhaling Nitrous Oxide, he had his friend
John Riggs pull one of his teeth. He was
right! Dr. Wells felt no pain! That opened
the way for Nitrous Oxide to be used as
an anesthesia. A major development and
no LAUGHING matter! Hope you're well,
have no need for an extration, and that all
your NEWS is good!
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