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Uncommon card · Science
Horace Wells, an Uncommon card
Horace Wells was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in medicine, specifically the use of nitrous oxide.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 78
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Although he was urged to patent his discovery, he never did, believing that freedom from pain should be "as free as the air we breathe." Wells's groundbreaking discovery revolutionized pain management in both medical and dental procedures, marking a pivotal moment in the history of surgery and transforming it from a traumatic, painful ordeal to a more humane and tolerable practice.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horace Wells article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 78: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Horace Wells
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horace Wells (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Charles Thomas Wells, American (Hartford, CT 1839 - 1909 Hartford, CT), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
