[tps_title]Anesthetic[/tps_title]
In the 1800s, substances like ether and nitrous oxide were used as recreational drugs. Scientists usually frequented parties were these substances were consumed in order to observe how consumers behaved. In 1846, Horace Wells got invited at one of these parties where someone suffered a foot injury. Even though his wound was bleeding, he confessed that he wasn’t feeling any pain. Since this “accident”, Wells started a whole series of experiments and used the mix of ether and nitrous oxide as an anesthetic to pull out a tooth. And it worked ever since.
