| "In 1800 Davy collected everything he knew about nitrous oxide into a widely read book called Reasearches, Chemical and Philosophical; chiefly concerning nitrous oxide. It was no mere pamphlet but stretched to more than four hundred pages. While he could not name any definite use for the gas, he did cite his own experiences with insensibility under its influence when he made his suggestion, the one so often quoted in retrospect, that nitrous oxide 'may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations.' " -- from ETHER DAY: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It. (copyright Julie M. Fenster, all rights reserved |
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