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. 2019 Apr;5(2):62-63.
doi: 10.1016/j.janh.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jun 26.

James M. Osgood: An Inventor Behind Sprague's "Self-Watching" Apparatus for G.Q. Colton's Revival of Nitrous-Oxide Anesthesia

Brian L Hom  1 , George S Bause  2
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James M. Osgood: An Inventor Behind Sprague's "Self-Watching" Apparatus for G.Q. Colton's Revival of Nitrous-Oxide Anesthesia

Brian L Hom et al. J Anesth Hist. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Inventor J.M. Osgood enabled a fellow Massachusetts inventor, A.W. Sprague, to manufacture heat-regulated nitrous-oxide generators. These generators assisted New Yorker G.Q. Colton in opening exodontia franchises nationwide which revived the use of nitrous-oxide anesthesia.

Keywords: History of anesthesiology; History of dentistry; Inventions; Massachusetts; New York; Nitrous oxide.

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