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Italy
Valverdi used freezing mixtures of snow and ice for surgical anesthesia. -
England
Christopher Wren first experimented with an I.V. -
Germany
Johann Elsholtz- first attempted I.V. anesthesia -
Austria
Johann Joachim Becher- discovered Ethylene -
Germany
W.G. Frobenius- "Sweet vitriol", first synthesized in 1540, was named Ether -
England
Joseph Priestly- discovered nitrous oxide -
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Humphrey Davey- called nitrous oxide "laughing gas" -
England
Richard Pearson- used Ether as an inhaled anesthetic -
Russia
Friedrich Serturner- extracted morphine from opium -
Scotland
Latta- introduction of intravenous infusion of saline solutions to patents in shock -
U.S., France, Germany
Discovery of chloroform -
U.S.
Removal of a tooth by doctor Pope under the influence of ether -
U.S.
Crawford Long- performed the painless removal of a tumor from the neck of a patient under the influence of ether -
U.S.
Amputation of a leg under nitrous oxide -
U.S.
Horace Wells- removes wisdom teeth while demonstrating nitrous oxide; again, in 1846, he removed a tooth from a medical student who claimed to feel pain, though less than expected -
U.S.
William Morton- first public demonstration of ether at Massachusetts General Hospital -
Scotland
James Simpson- Introduction of ether in childbirth; later, he used chloroform in surgeries -
England
John Snow administered chloroform to Queen Victoria at the birth of Prince Leopold -
Germany
Alfred Einhorn- discoverey of procain (Novacain)
