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2 episodes with horace wells
2 episodes with horace wells
2 episodes with horace wells
In 1844, a Hartford dentist named Dr. Horace Wells attended what was meant to be a simple nitrous oxide exhibition. But while the crowd erupted in laughter, Wells saw something far more serious—a glimpse into the future of painless surgery. What began with promise and innovation quickly turned tragic. Fueled by ambition and obsession, Dr. Wells became one of dentistry's earliest pioneers… and one of its most haunted figures. His descent into madness is a chilling reminder that sometimes, the line between genius and insanity is thinner than a breath of gas. Join Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger as they uncover the unsettling rise and fall of a man who dared to change medicine—only to be undone by the very discovery he believed would save him. This time, the joke may have been on him. No Laughing Matter – A New England Legends Podcast Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends For more episodes join us here each Monday or visit their website to catch up on the hundreds of tales that legends are made of. https://ournewenglandlegends.com/category/podcasts/ Follow Jeff Belanger here: https://jeffbelanger.com/ SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW Factor Meals - Get 50% off your first order & Free Shipping at www.FactorMeals.com/factorpodcast and use code: FactorPodcast at checkout Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just $15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to www.MintMobile.com/P60 Shadow Zine - https://shadowzine.com/ Tarot Readings with Winnie Schrader - http://lovelotustarot.com/ #NewEnglandLegends #NoLaughingMatter #HoraceWells #DentalHistory #HauntedHistory #MedicalMystery #TrueStory #HistoricalFigure #ConnecticutHistory #JeffBelanger #RayAuger #PioneersOfMedicine #TragicGenius #PodcastEpisode #StrangeButTrue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Episode 390 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the story of Dr. Horace Wells of Hartford, Connecticut, a dentist who attended a nitrous oxide expedition in 1844. Though the performance was a laughing matter, Dr. Wells took what he saw seriously. He was inspired to try using the gas in his dental practice. Though he sought fame and fortune, Wells spiraled downward into darkness. See more here: https://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-390-the-father-of-laughing-gas/ Listen ad-free plus get early access and bonus episodes at: https://www.patreon.com/NewEnglandLegends Check out Jeff's new underground publication Shadow Zine! https://shadowzine.com/ Listen to Ray's Local Raydio! https://localraydio.com/
New drones inspired by birds that jump for take-off. It's Weird Wednesday and Reggie has orcas that are wearing salmon for hats, the Merriam-Webster's word of the year, and the winner of the Spanish Scrabble Championship who doesn't speak Spanish. Plus, on This Day in History, Dr. Horace Wells and the first use of anesthetic in dentistry. Bird-inspired drone can jump for take-off | ScienceDaily For Orcas, Dead Salmon Hats Are Back in Fashion | Scientific American No, Orcas Probably Aren't Reviving the 'Dead Salmon Hat' Trend, Despite a Viral Photo, Experts Say. Here's Why | Smithsonian There's something fishy about a recent sighting of an orca in a salmon ‘hat' | CNN ‘Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's 2024 word of the year | AP News He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn't speak Spanish | CNN Horace Wells | Biography, Anesthesia, & Facts | Britannica Sponsored by Factor - use promo code coolstuff50 to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping Factormeals.com/50coolstuff Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wenn abends in eurer kleinen Stadt einfach nichts los ist, freut ihr euch über jede Party im Ort. Und wenn es dann auch noch eine Party ist, auf der es Lachgas für alle gibt, ist ein legendärer Abend wohl garantiert. Auf der Lachgas-Show, die Horace Wells mit seiner Frau Elizabeth besucht, hat er plötzlich eine Idee, die mit was zu tun hat, bei dem einem normalerweise gar nicht zum Lachen zumute ist: Zähne ziehen. Lachgas ist ein geniales Narkosemittel! Allerdings geht die Geschichte für Horace dramatisch weiter und endet sogar im Gefängnis. TRIIGGERWARNUNG: Es geht in dieser Folge um Suizid. Wenn ihr das nicht hören möchtet, überspringt den Teil von 18:45-19:35. Und kostenlose Hilfe findet ihr hier: https://rb.gy/n2jym8 Wenn ihr mehr zu der aktuellen Debatte um Lachgas als Droge wissen wollt, können wir euch dieses Video empfehlen: https://rb.gy/6025tj Willkommen zu unserem True Science-Podcast! Wir reden über die absurden, irren, romantischen und verworrenen Geschichten hinter Entdeckungen und Erfindungen. Denn in der Wissenschaft gibt es jede Menge Gossip! Wir erzählen zum Beispiel, wie die Erfinderin des heutigen Schwangerschaftstests mit Hilfe einer Büroklammerbox den Durchbruch schaffte, oder wie eine Hollywood-Schauspielerin den Grundstein für unser heutiges WLAN legte. Immer samstags - am Science-Samstag. Wir, das sind Marie Eickhoff und Luisa Pfeiffenschneider. Wir haben Wissenschaftsjournalismus studiert und die Zeit im Labor schon immer lieber zum Quatschen genutzt. Schreibt uns: podcast@behindscience.de I Instagram: @behindscience.podcast Wir sind gelistet im Reiseführer für Wissenschaftspodcasts: https://bitly.ws/3eGBW #WissPod Hinweis: Werbespots in dieser Folge erfolgen automatisiert. Wir haben keinen Einfluss auf die Auswahl. Vermarktung: Julep Media GmbH | Grafikdesign: Mara Strieder | Sprecherin: Madeleine Sabel | Fotos: Fatima Talalini
This 2012 episode from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covers dentist Horace Wells. At an exhibition in 1844 he became certain that nitrous oxide could revolutionize medicine. He tried to demonstrate his findings, but things didn't go as planned.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Although labor epidural remains the gold standard for labor analgesia, some patients may opt for a trial of a less invasive analgesic agent. While IV/IM narcotics are an option, others may prefer a trial of nitrous oxide (N2O). In this episode, we will review the crazy history of this useful inhalational agent, and how it has ties to the manufacturing of the Colt45 handgun, how it transformed dentistry, and review the contribution to medicine by Dr. Horace Wells. We will review N2O's current application in obstetrics, and summarize statements from the ACNM and the ACOG. And…What does this gas have to do with vitamin B12? Are there any safety warnings out there regarding its use? And does it even work? Let's answer these questions, and more, in this episode.
Jeder zweite Deutsche hat Angst vor dem Zahnarztbesuch. Und es wären wohl noch mehr, wenn der US-Zahnarzt Horace Wells nicht zufällig die narkotisierende Wirkung von "Lachgas" entdeckt hätte und so zum Pionier der Anästhesie wurde. Autorin: Steffi Tenhaven Von Steffi Tenhaven.
Reseña El siglo de los cirujanos, de Jürgen Thorwald aquí. La Cirugía y la Medicina actual serían inconcebibles sin el desarrollo de la anestesia. Este avance inicia desde hace miles de años, pero el nacimiento de la anestesia moderna se considera que aconteció a mediados del siglo XlX. En este episodio hablaremos de personalidades relevantes como el dentista Horace Wells, de su discípulo Morton y del célebre médico británico John Snow; además de compuestos como el óxido nitroso o "gas de la risa" y del cloroformo. Espero que te guste. Web: https://www.entiendetusalud.es/
In October 1846, the world discovered the miracle of surgical anesthesia... and then four men spent the next two decades fighting over which one of them deserved all of the credit. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/kings-of-pain/ Key sources for this episode include Julie Fenster's ETHER DAY: THE STRANGE TALE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY AND THE HAUNTED MEN WHO MADE IT; Richard Wolfe's I AWAKEN TO GLORY: ESSAYS CELEBRATING THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF ANESTHESIA BY HORACE WELLS; Richard Wolfe's TARNISHED IDOL: WILLIAM T.G. MORTON AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SURGICAL ANESTHESIA; and Richard Wolfe's CHARLES THOMAS JACKSON: THE HEAD BEHIND THE HANDS. Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/
Sarah and Brody are BAAAAAACCCCCCCK...and with weirdly fascinating topics for Season 2! We kick off this season looking into some of the most bizarre, disgusting, mostly ineffective cures and medical techniques in history ranging from the 1600's to 2022! Cannibalism, Fecal transplants, Mans Grease and more shocking ancient cures await you as we learn about the past, and thank God for the present time of medical marvels in which we live!All information in this episode was derived from:Primary Source (not sponsored or paid for-we just dig this book): Quackery (A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything) by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen Secondary Source: Healthline Article: "11 Old Medical Treatments That Will Make Your Stomach Turn. Including Heroin for Kids!"TRIGGER WARNING: Around 35 minutes, we begin discussing the horrific origins of female genital mutilation. The conversation ends around 45 minutes. Have any weird, uncommon or unusual medical cures you have used/use? We want to hear about it! Post your story on our youtube, instagram or facebook page!
The history of the nurse anesthesia profession is a bit murky as records weren't kept well through the years as medicine and healthcare progressed, but there are opinions on who the first anesthetist was. Today we'll examine the most likely candidates with our historians Nancy Bruton-Maree, CRNA, and Sandy Ouellette, CRNA, and try to determine who can claim the title of the real first anesthetist. Read more: http://beyondthemaskpodcast.com Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf What we discuss in this episode: 3:00 – Background on this topic 6:36 – History books on anesthesia 10:21 – Historical information 15:08 – Humphry Davy 16:16 – Crawford Long 17:51 – Horace Wells 19:27 – William Morton 22:35 – James Simpson 23:06 – John Snow 28:39 – The real first anesthetist according to AANA 33:56 – Who was in the earliest American hospitals? 38:08 – Disputes 40:44 – The role nuns played 42:58 – The evolution of names for anesthetists 46:32 – Sandy's opinion on first anesthetists 48:21 – Final thoughts Resources mentioned on the show: The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia The Etherist Podcast The Global Voice for Nurse Anesthesia - IFNA (1989-2021)
On this day in 1844, a 29-year-old dentist named Horace Wells pioneered the use of nitrous oxide in dental procedures by testing the gas on himself. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
In this week's episode, Syd covers the history of the 14th most-used drug in the world, nitrous oxide. With a long history as both an incredible medical breakthrough and as a party drug abused by every frat boy since the 1800's, N2O has a story that will have you thanking a chemist the next time you visit the dentist, or maybe even give birth! #thanksscience Send us an email at: malpracticepodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @malpracticepodcastIf you want to help us grow, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcast fix!Sources for this episode:https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/?cmp=web_share&embed=true https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6637098/https://science.howstuffworks.com/nitrous-oxide2.htmhttps://www.docseducation.com/blog/wacky-history-nitrous-oxide-its-no-laughing-matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxidehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_use_of_nitrous_oxidehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Wells https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/style/nitrous-oxide-whippets-tony-hsieh.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/mbzxv3/a-brief-200-year-history-of-humanitys-love-for-laughing-gashttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59264-0https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/kzoibw/what_does_laughing_gas_feel_like/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1821130/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00312/fullhttps://americanpregnancy.org/healthy-pregnancy/labor-and-birth/nitrous-oxide-labor/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/malpractice)
Horace Wells' nitrous oxide demonstration had been a disaster, but in it an old colleague would see opportunity. A second demonstration of painless surgery would have an altogether different outcome, would turn colleagues into rivals, and would make people wonder what it really means to lay claim to a discovery. Featuring: Dr Warren Zapol MD, Reginald Jenney Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School, and Former Chief of Anaesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Professor Deborah Bowman, Emeritus Professor of Bioethics, Clinical Ethics and Medical Law at St Georges Hospital Medical School, University of London Adam Unze as the Voice of Horace Wells. Adam is the host of the podcast ‘The Spark Parade,' where he geeks out with artists and entertainers about their spark of cultural inspiration. www.thesparkparade.com Music by Nicola Chang Podcast Artwork by Matthew Johnston Written, recorded and edited by Dr Matthew Heron Executive Producer Joel Myers www.etherorpod.com
Il dentista che per primo ha cercato di formalizzare l'uso del protossido di azoto come anestetico, una storia di sfortuna con drammatiche conclusioni. #medicina #storia #chirurgia Seguici anche su: YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/channel/UCSccnE9-Y9PfJC2thw-vgtg FACEBOOK https://facebook.com/mentecast/ INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/mentecast SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/6rEXAE1nfxmfdzY9dtFYO7 iTUNES https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/mentecast/id1458522809? SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-613167048 TWITTER https://twitter.com/mentecast FONTI: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wtr4iC77x5eoot6ybzrBpJmb7tXcH5Y1QTcU3hhDXlM/edit?usp=sharing
Horace Wells era un hombre con una visión: ayudar a sus pacientes de odontología a no sufrir dolor durante los procedimientos. Es por eso que dedicó gran parte de su vida a inhalar gases con fines científicos. Síguenos y visita nuestro sitio oficial: instagram.com/eldollop twitter.com/eldollop facebook.com/eldolloppodcast eldollop.com/
After experimenting on himself, Horace Wells realized that laughing gas might help make surgeries less painful. But his search for a business partner would lead him to a fateful encounter with a petty crook named William Morton.This episode originally aired on November 15, 2020.Listen to new episodes 1 week early and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/innovations.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Peloton - Get started on your Peloton journey. Go to onepeloton.com to learn more.
Acompañanos en este breve relato desde la revolución a la tragedia del Dr. Horace Wells a mediados del siglo XIX. Síguenos en: web: www.cirugiadocente.com Instagram: @cirugiadocente Podcast: "Entre Cirugías" y "Pioneros"
In the second Halloween special for Nutmeg Junction (Nightmare Junction) the corpse conductor introduces us to the strange case of Dr. Horace Wells, which is based on a true story of a Dentist in Connecticut and may have been the inspiration for the story "Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde". The second tale is a fun story of a poetry reading gone wrong! This one we plan to do LIVE for an audience very soon!And as a bonus, there's a wonderful original song by Lana Peck called "Sweet Severed Head" which works perfectly for the Halloween special!
In 1844, Horace Wells, a Connecticut dentist, encountered nitrous oxide, or laughing gas -- then an entertainment for performers in carnival-like theatrical acts -- and began administering the gas as the first true anesthetic. His discovery would change the world, reshaping medicine and humanity's relationship with pain. But that discovery would also thrust Wells into scandals that threatened his reputation, his family, and his sanity -- hardships and triumphs that resonate in today's struggles with what hurts us and what we take to stop the hurt. In The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist: A Novel, Michael Downs mines the gaps in the historical record and imagines the motivations and mysteries behind Wells's morbid fascination with pain, as well as the price he and his wife, Elizabeth, paid -- first through his obsession, then his addiction.Michael Downs is the author of The Greatest Show: Stories (2012) and House of Good Hope: A Promise for a Broken City (2007), which won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. His debut novel, The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist (Acre Books, 2018) tells the story of the 19th-century man widely credited with discovering painless surgery. Downs is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. A former newspaper reporter, Downs is an associate professor of English at Towson University.It is January 2017 and Bill has hit rock bottom. Yesterday, he was William M. Katzenelenbogen, successful science reporter at The Washington Post. But things have taken a turn. Fired from his job, aimless, with exactly $1,219.37 in his checking account, he learns that his college roommate, a plastic surgeon known far and wide as the “Butt God of Miami Beach,” has fallen to his death under salacious circumstances. With nothing to lose, Bill boards a flight for Florida’s Gold Coast, ready to begin his own investigation -- a last ditch attempt to revive his career. There’s just one catch: Bill’s father, Melsor.Melsor Yakovlevich Katzenelenbogen -- poet, literary scholar, political dissident, small-time-crook -- is angling for control of the condo board at the Château Sedan Neuve, a crumbling high-rise in Hollywood, Florida, populated mostly by Russian Jewish immigrants. Melsor will use any means necessary to win the board election. And who better to help him than his estranged son? Featuring a colorful cast of characters, The Chateau injects the crime novel genre with surprising idiosyncrasy, subverting it with dark comic farce in a setting that becomes a microcosm of Trump’s America.Paul Goldberg’s debut novel The Yid was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim and named a finalist for both the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the National Jewish Book Award’s Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction. As a reporter, Goldberg has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement, and has co-authored (with Otis Brawley) the book How We Do Harm, an expose of the U.S. healthcare system. He is the editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, a publication focused on the business and politics of cancer. He lives in Washington, D.C.Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.Recorded On: Thursday, September 13, 2018
In 1844, Horace Wells, a Connecticut dentist, encountered nitrous oxide, or laughing gas -- then an entertainment for performers in carnival-like theatrical acts -- and began administering the gas as the first true anesthetic. His discovery would change the world, reshaping medicine and humanity's relationship with pain. But that discovery would also thrust Wells into scandals that threatened his reputation, his family, and his sanity -- hardships and triumphs that resonate in today's struggles with what hurts us and what we take to stop the hurt. In The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist: A Novel, Michael Downs mines the gaps in the historical record and imagines the motivations and mysteries behind Wells's morbid fascination with pain, as well as the price he and his wife, Elizabeth, paid -- first through his obsession, then his addiction.Michael Downs is the author of The Greatest Show: Stories (2012) and House of Good Hope: A Promise for a Broken City (2007), which won the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. His debut novel, The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist (Acre Books, 2018) tells the story of the 19th-century man widely credited with discovering painless surgery. Downs is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. A former newspaper reporter, Downs is an associate professor of English at Towson University.It is January 2017 and Bill has hit rock bottom. Yesterday, he was William M. Katzenelenbogen, successful science reporter at The Washington Post. But things have taken a turn. Fired from his job, aimless, with exactly $1,219.37 in his checking account, he learns that his college roommate, a plastic surgeon known far and wide as the “Butt God of Miami Beach,” has fallen to his death under salacious circumstances. With nothing to lose, Bill boards a flight for Florida’s Gold Coast, ready to begin his own investigation -- a last ditch attempt to revive his career. There’s just one catch: Bill’s father, Melsor.Melsor Yakovlevich Katzenelenbogen -- poet, literary scholar, political dissident, small-time-crook -- is angling for control of the condo board at the Château Sedan Neuve, a crumbling high-rise in Hollywood, Florida, populated mostly by Russian Jewish immigrants. Melsor will use any means necessary to win the board election. And who better to help him than his estranged son? Featuring a colorful cast of characters, The Chateau injects the crime novel genre with surprising idiosyncrasy, subverting it with dark comic farce in a setting that becomes a microcosm of Trump’s America.Paul Goldberg’s debut novel The Yid was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim and named a finalist for both the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the National Jewish Book Award’s Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction. As a reporter, Goldberg has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement, and has co-authored (with Otis Brawley) the book How We Do Harm, an expose of the U.S. healthcare system. He is the editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, a publication focused on the business and politics of cancer. He lives in Washington, D.C.Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.
A spunky African-American teenager adopted into a Jewish family in Baltimore trying to sort out her identify. That’s the nub of the new young-adult novel ----The Length of a String----. We ask author Elissa Brent Weissman what inspired the story … and whether she’s the right person to tell it. She’ll be speaking and signing books Sunday at 2 pm at Afters Cafe, 1001 South Charles Street in Baltimore. Then, a very different novel by a local author: Michael Downs’ ----The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells---- -- fiction filling in the story of the 19th-century dentist who first used laughing gas to numb the pain of surgery. He’ll be speaking about it next Thursday, May 10, at the Ivy Bookstore on Falls Road.
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Living in Hartford almost all my life I've known for years the story of Horace Wells. At least, I know the story I know, which is that Wells was a Hartford dentist who introduced anesthesia. He may have been the first but I've always known there were other pretenders to that crown. I also knew that Wells became addicted to one of those products and died a horrible, tragic and ignominious death.But, that's all I knew and I wondered how widely known that story was. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dentist Horace Wells set up shop in Hartford in 1836, before the discovery of anasthesia. At an exhibition in 1844 he became certain that nitrous oxide could revolutionize medicine. He tried to demonstrate his findings... but things didn't go as planned. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
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