...; the thrilling came on as usual, and uneasiness was for a few minutes swallowed up in pleasure."* "As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operation, appears...operations, in which no great effusion of blood takes place."t Lancet, April 24, ]847, p: 447. [Although, therefore, this extract refers to nitrous oxide...

...cutting of a wisdom tooth. And in his works, edited by Dr. John Davy, is the following passage :— " As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operation, appears...in which no great effusion of blood takes place."* Here is the ferm of the whole matter. It is not too much to suppose that fr. Wells, who all along seems...

...nrtrous oxide, in ite extensive operation, appears capable of desttoying physical pain, it may prohably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place." Dr. CT Jackson, in the pampblet published under his sanction by Dr. M. Gay, in 1847, says, that " he...

...Sir Humphrey adds this remark, rendered very striking by recent events : " As nitrous oxyde, in i(> extensive operation, appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used teith advantage during' surgical operations in which no great effusion ot blood takes place." (Researches...

...its effect in removing intense physical pain, while he was cutting a wisdom-tooth." — " He says : ' As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operation, appears...operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place? " — " In the article ' Ether,' in the Diet, des Sc. Med., vol. xiii., published in 1815, we find...

...intense physical pain, while he was cutting a wisdom-tooth." — " He says : ' As nitrous oxide, in Us extensive operation, appears capable of destroying...in which no great effusion of blood takes place.' " — " In the article ' Ether,' in the Diet- des Sc. Med., vol. xiii., published in 1815, we find...

...first to propose the application of nitrous oxide gas to the removal of pain in surgical operations. "As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operation, appears...physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage in surgical operations, in which no great effusion of blood takes place."* The idea of Davy was not...

...first to propose the application of nitrous oxide gas to the removal of pain in surgical operations. " As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operation, appears...physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage in surgical operations, in which no great effusion of blood takes place."f The idea of Davy was not...

...after the experiment than before." And on page 32 : " As nitrous oxyd, in its extensive operations, appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may...in which no great effusion of blood takes place." So that Dr. Wells could claim no originality in the discovery or conception of anaesthesia, or of the...

...Oxide, published in the first year of this century: "As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operation seems capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably...in which no great effusion of blood takes place." About forty years after the publication of this sentence, nitrous oxide was used with doubtful success...