RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 1163013924
T1 Inhalational Anesthetics
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259859618
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163013924
RD 2024/04/17
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.