TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Inhalational Anesthetics
A1  - Guo, Caitlin J.
A1  - S. Kaufman, Brian
A2  - Nelson, Lewis S.
A2  - Howland, Mary Ann
A2  - Lewin, Neal A.
A2  - Smith, Silas W.
A2  - Goldfrank, Lewis R.
A2  - Hoffman, Robert S.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e
AB  - Paracelsus,  a  Swiss  physician  and  alchemist,  is  credited  with  the  earliest  use  of  an  inhalational  anesthetic  when  he  prepared  a  mixture  of  diethyl  ether,  alcohol,  and  water  called  sweet  oil  of  vitriol.  He  described  the  administration  of  this  preparation  to  hens  that  fell  into  what  appeared  to  be  a  deep  sleep  from  which  they  recovered  unharmed.  In  1735,  Wilhelm  Froben  gave  this  substance  its  modern  name  of  “ether.”  Ether  was  used  topically,  particularly  via  the  intranasal  route,  as  a  treatment  of  headache,  nervous  diseases,  and  fits.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163013924
ER  -