Images Dated 17th October 2007

Horace Wells/Anaesthetic

Horace Wells attempts his first anaesthetised operation in front of a public gallery, but does not administer enough gas & the patient cries out; the crowd jeers him

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1844, Administer, Anaesthetic, Anaesthetics, Anaesthetised, Attempts, Cries, Crowd, Front, Gallery, Gas, Historical, History, Horace, Jeers, Medical, Operation, Patient, Public, Wells

Wassailing Apple Trees

In Devon and Somerset, apple growers wassail orchards on 17 January, with songs and a bucket of hot cider ; a tree is lightly sprinkled, then the wassailers drink the rest

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17, 1913, Apple, Bucket, Cider, Customs, Devon, Drink, Growers, Historical, History, Hot, January, Lightly, Night, Orchards, Rest, Somerset, Songs, Sprinkled, Tree, Twelfth, Wassailers, Wassailing

Cromwells Watch

POCKET WATCH with chain, made by John Midnall of Fleet Street, London, and carried by Oliver Cromwell, enabling him to be punctual for battles and other activities

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1625, Activities, Battles, Carried, Chain, Circa, Cromwell, Cromwells, Enabling, Fleet, Historical, History, Instruments, John, Made, Measurement, Midnall, Oliver, Pocket, Punctual, Science, Street, Time, Watch