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William Gibson Arlington Bonwill

1833–99

American dentist, researcher, and inventor. Doctor in dental surgery, Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1866. Attended Jefferson Medical College. Invented several dental devices, as well as combine harvesters, kerosene lamps, boilers, lighters, and more. Developed a method for anaesthesia through rapid breathing of the patient.

Source

Serrula 2006

Bibliography

Serrulla, Javier Sanz. 2006. William G. A. Bonwill (1833–1899). Maxillaris (January 2006): 106–7.

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