Horace Wells, a Connecticut dentist present in the audience that day, immediately seized upon the significance of this apparent analgesic effect of nitrous oxide.

Hartford is the birthplace of Horace Wells, the first dentist to use nitrous oxide or "laughing gas" as anesthesia.

House (Horace Wells birthplace), 9 School Street, c.1840.

The origins of his inspiration, twenty years before Horace Wells discovered nitrous oxide anaesthesia, are unknown.

People like Horace Wells, in particular.

To Hartford, Horace Wells is a true hero.

But not Horace Wells, and this makes Dr. Menczer grit his teeth.

A local dentist, Horace Wells, tried Colton's nitrous oxide, as did a friend who then was injured while cavorting at the show.

Soon after this wheeling-and-dealing period, Morton met Horace Wells and trained under him to become a dentist.

Hartford, Connecticut has a statue of Horace Wells in Bushnell Park.