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Ether "pro narcosi"
- In 1842, the American Crawford Williamson LONG (1815-1878) performed a first surgical procedure under anesthesia - published his act, however, only in 1848.
- In 1846, the American dentist William Thomas Green MORTON (1819-1868) in Boston performed the world's first published general anesthetic - pulling a tooth. On the advice of the physician and chemist Charles Thomas JACKSON (1805-1880), he used ether, and set up a newly developed inhaler, the "Letheon" ...
Since it came again and again to anesthesia incidents, which was attributed to inaccurate dosage, there were the development of numerous special drip devices, which made possible a constant drop size.
Also in the non-medical environment Aether was used on a large scale, so at ... the hairdressers. When it came to accidents, the local authority Luxembourg responded:
"Mr. Hamilius points to an existing malady that he considers to be important to discuss and recalls two explosions that were caused by flammable ether in two barber shops in one year it is only by chance that no victim has been lamented so far.The hairdressers themselves agree that a prohibition on the use of flammable ether should be issued, all the more so as it is possible to obtain commercially non-flammable aether, which is however 5 - 6 Francs per liter is more expensive "(Escher Tageblatt, 26.2.1938).
Ether drip anesthesia is now obsolete. At the University Hospitals Leipzig ether was last used in a drip anesthetic in 1971 (quoted in kai.uniklinikum-leipzig.de/_patienteninfo/allg_geschichte.html
The presented, 9.8 cm high, 6.8 cm wide and 3.5 cm thick bottle is a gift from the anesthesiologist Prosper KAYSER, who worked from 1965 to 1998 in the Zithaclinik in Luxembourg.
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