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Today marks the 165th anniversary of the Discovery of Anesthesia by Hartford, CT dentist, Horace Wells. This was for nitrous oxide, which is still the most common sedative used in dentistry today.

Later, his former partner, William T.G. Morton, also a dentist, is credited with the discovery of ether anesthesia which heralded the new area of surgery in medical practice. Until that time, surgery was considered a barbaric treatment. Dr. Morton gave his definitive demonstration at Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846 in what is now known as the Ether Dome, and can be visited when in Boston.

How did we miss the Ether Dome when we were in Boston ? Is it anything like the Thunder Dome?

And now you know,... and knowing, is half the battle.

[via Jess K.]