title: [History of medicine. It's been 150 years since Horace Wells disappeared].
abstract: On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Horace Wells's death, the author makes a historical note about the discovery of the general anesthesia by inhalation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie cardiovasculaire, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Désiron
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000266:history*; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D012606:Scotland; D014481:United States