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Special Exhibit Media Kit:
This Won't Hurt a Bit! A History of Pain Relief

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Press Release & Programs

This Won't Hurt a Bit! A painful (and relieving) exhibit at the CT Historical Society in Hartford. Read more or Download (607 KB)

New York Time best-selling author Julie Fenster to speak about Horace Wells and the discovery of anesthesia on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Read more or Download (654 KB)

Hi-Res Images

These high resolution images are intended for media use in reporting on or promoting our current exhibit. Hi-res images for other purposes may be purchased from the Connecticut Historical Society. Visit our Digital Reproductions page to learn more.

Leech jar, England, 1870-1890 Credit: Connecticut Historical Society collection, bequest of George Dudley Seymour, 1945.1.1300. Download (550 KB)

Photograph of dentist's office, Thomaston, CT, about 1903 Credit: Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1993.89.1.17. Download (1,938 KB)

Photograph of students in a hospital operating room, Hartford, CT, 1920 Credit: Connecticut Historical Society collection, The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.75.0.203. Download (1,084 KB)

Trade card for Pike's Toothache Drops, C. N. Crittendon, about 1880-1890 Credit: Connecticut Historical Society collection. Download (2,443 KB)

Oil painting of Horace Wells, by James G. McManus, 1944 Credit: Connecticut Historical Society collection, gift of the Hartford Dental Society, 2009.410.1. Download (1,897 KB)