Named Entity Browser, Hartford, Vt. (Vermont, United States)

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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazen, Henry Allen 1832- (search)

Hazen, Henry Allen 1832- Historian; born in Hartford, Vt., Dec. 27, 1832; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1854, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1857; held various Congregational pastorates in the New England States; became editor of the Congregational year-book in 1883. His publications include The ministry and churches of New Hampshire; History of Billerica, Mass.; New Hampshire and Vermont (historical address). He died in Norwich, Vt., Aug. 4, 1900.

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wells, Horace 1815-1848 (search)

Wells, Horace 1815-1848 Dentist; born in Hartford, Vt., Jan. 21, 1815; received an academic education and after learning dentistry began practice in his native city, in 1840; after long seeking a means of preventing pain while extracting teeth, he made several unsuccessful experiments with various substances, and then declared that the only efficient treatment was that of nitrous oxide. It was not, however, until Dec. 11, 1844, that he put this agent into practical use, by having a tooth extracted from his own mouth without feeling pain. He then began to use the gas in extracting teeth from other persons. He was the author of A history of the application of nitrous-oxide gas, ether, and other vapors to surgical operations. He died in New York City, Jan. 24, 1848. A bronze statue of Dr. Wells has since been erected in Bushnell Park, Hartford, bearing an inscription crediting him with the discovery of anesthesia, although his claims and those of Drs. Charles T. Jackson, John

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