1. Discovery by the late Dr. Horace Wells of the applicability of nitrous oxyd gas, sulphuric ether and other vapors in surgical operations: nearly two years before the patented discovery of Drs. Charles T. Jackson and W.T.G. Morton Author(s): Wales, J. Publication: Hartford : Elihu Geer, stationer and steam printer, 1852 Subject(s): Ether -- therapeutic useAnesthetics, Inhalation -- therapeutic useIntellectual PropertyWells, Horace, 1815-1848.