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Gardner Quincy Colton
(7 Feb 1814 - 9 Aug 1898)
American lecturer who was the first to administer nitrous oxide as an anaesthetic. He gave scientific lectures, and his exhibited nitrous oxide gas. Later, he started The Colton Dental Association of New York, where dentists successfully used it as an anaesthetic.
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Science Quotes by Gardner Quincy Colton (1 quote)
I am inclined to think I shall owe ten years of my life to the good effects of the gas, for I inhale about 20 gallons every day in showing patients how to commence. The gas is just like air, only containing a little more oxygen. Oxygen is what gives life and vitality to the blood. We live on oxygen.
— Gardner Quincy Colton
Quoted in The Electrical Review (11 Aug 1893), Vol. 33, 143.
See also:
- 7 Feb - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Colton's birth.
- Gardner Quincy Colton and Early Electric Railways - article on Colton's early invention, from The Electrical Review (1893).
- Gardner Quincy Colton - In Memoriam that makes mention of Colton's other interests, from Items of Interest (1898).
- Gardner Quincy Colton and Nitrous Oxide - a more detailed article on Colton's work with nitrous oxide, from History of New York City (1884).
- The History of Surgical Anesthesia, by Thomas E Keys. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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