Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831), American scientist, physician and politician. In 1795 he described the anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide (La
Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831), American scientist, physician and politician. In 1795 he described the anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide (Laughing Gas), five years earlier than Humphry Davy. Engraving, 1896.
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