Horace and Elizabeth: Love and Death and Painless Dentistry: The Letters of Horace and Elizabeth Wells

Horace and Elizabeth Wells were swept up in one of the world's many scientific priority disputes, and as a result, their ten-year love affair ended tragically. Now they are gone - but lucky for us, their letters are still here. These eloquent letters open a window to an unforgettable story in mid-nineteenth-century America, with style.

"Ms Bunker has done a brilliant job of merging key quotes (some unpublished) with other contemporary material so that the story jumps off the page almost as though told by Wells himself. Reproduction of the letters alongside transcriptions makes for a stunningly visual book, one which will surely become a major source document on Wells."

J A W (Tony) Wildsmith, MD FRCA
Professor Emeritus of Anaesthesia, University of Dundee, UK
Past President, History of Anaesthesia Society