The term “anesthesia” was coined in 1846 by physician and noted poet Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr. in a letter to William G. Morton, the dentist who is credited with the first written description of the use of ether in a medical procedure to relieve pain. Immodestly predicting that his new term would be spoken by every civilization countless times, Holmes chose the prefix “an” meaning without and root “aesthesia” which roughly means feeling.<\/p>\n
Holmes is also credited with coining the term “Boston Brahmin,” of which he was one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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