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Horace Wells

1815 - 1848

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Horace Wells (January 21, 1815 – January 24, 1848) was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in medicine, specifically the use of nitrous oxide (or laughing gas). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horace Wells is the 343rd most popular physician (down from 300th in 2019), the 3,323rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,694th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Horace Wells ranks 343 out of 726. Before him are Louis de Jaucourt, Victor Babeș, Richard Wilhelm, Prospero Alpini, Mary Putnam Jacobi, and Friedrich Hoffmann. After him are Masawaiyh, Podalirius, James Curtis Hepburn, Karl Genzken, Aëtius of Amida, and Thomas Szasz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Horace Wells ranks 34. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Andrew Graham, Charles Renouvier, Wilhelm Peters, Ii Naosuke, and Louise Rasmussen. After him are James Curtis Hepburn, Jean-Delphin Alard, Eugène Marin Labiche, Robert Remak, Robert Volkmann, and Ang Mey. Among people deceased in 1848, Horace Wells ranks 28. Before him are Thomas Cole, John Jacob Astor, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Frederick Marryat, and Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom. After him are Georg August Goldfuss, Robert Darwin, Joseph Görres, Christen Købke, Jean-Baptiste Debret, and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace Wells ranks 3,323 out of 20,380. Before him are James Scott (1885), Patricia Arquette (1968), Jensen Ackles (1978), Winston Groom (1943), Brian Weiss (1944), and Alfred Bester (1913). After him are Dan Hedaya (1940), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Peter Cetera (1944), Eric Trump (1984), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), and Brad Little (1954).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Horace Wells ranks 42. Before him are Joseph Erlanger (1874), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Henry Heimlich (1920), Mehmet Oz (1960), and Fernando J. Corbató (1926). After him are James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Priscilla Chan (1985), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Jack Kevorkian (1928), and Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895).

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