American dentist and anaesthesia pioneer (1815-1848).
Born February 2nd, 1819 in Hartford.
Died February 5th, 1848 at 29 years old in New York City (exsanguination, bleeding).
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel