Anaesthetics

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He discovered the effects of Nitrous Oxide by testing them on himself
Humphry Davy
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He did a public demonstration of Nitrous Oxide that went wrong
Horace Wells
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An irritating substance that made people cough and vomit during surgery
Ether
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This man discovered the effects of chloroform by testing it on himself
James Simpson
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This person discovere the anaesthetic properties of Ether
Crawford Long
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This was the first anaesthetic that fully knocked people out
Chloroform
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The name of the dentist who first publicly demonstrated Ether in 1846
William Morton
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The gas used in dentistry
Nitrous Oxide/Laughing Gas
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This man experimented with local anaesthetics that led to a severe substance addiction
William Halsted
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The addictive substance that could theoretically be used as a local anaesthetic
Cocaine
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The time period after anaesthetics had been invented was called:
The Black Period
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He did a public demonstration of Nitrous Oxide that went wrong

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Horace Wells

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An irritating substance that made people cough and vomit during surgery

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This man discovered the effects of chloroform by testing it on himself

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This person discovere the anaesthetic properties of Ether

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