A dentist invented the electric chair, that’s another reason I will have to add to my list of, “Don’t trust dentists”.  I can imagine the dentist chuckling, “Yeah, I just invented a human killing machine, isn’t it amazing?”.

I hope he went to hell for it.

1881 - Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist and former steamboat engineer, sees elderly drunkard touch terminals of electrical generator in Buffalo, New York. He is amazed at how quickly and apparently painlessly the man is killed and describes episode to friend State Senator David McMillan.

Tags: buffalo new york, dentist, dentists, dr albert, drunkard, electric chair, electrical generator, engineer, state senator, steamboat

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