15. Anesthesia
What we are talking about here is the first chemical used for aesthetic purposes. That was nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas since it was used for these purposes on parties. But its pain-relieving effects were discovered by accident in the mid-19th century by physician Crawford Williamson Long and dentist Horace Wells, who both decided to use this nitrous oxide on their patients, and the results were successful.
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