While conducting a research into the properties of nitrous oxide gas. toothache led Sir Humphry Davy to the discovery of general anaesthesia, which he advised for the prevention of pain during eurgioal operations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 113, 14 May 1937, Page 11
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