Word: ethereally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That afternoon, Trimmer and a staff pathologist did an autopsy and noted an odor of ether in the child's lungs. She was not known to have had ether, but the doctors did not mention the odor in their report. They listed "gross pulmonary edema" (waterlogging of the lungs) as the cause of death...
Grey, Then Blue. Nor did Dr. Trimmer mention ether the next morning, when he and Anesthesiologist Lloyd Goodwin were preparing Michael Ketchum, 12, for a hernia operation. Dr. Goodwin injected fluid from the same Surital bottle/and there was the same instant reaction of spasms and coughing. The boy complained that the injection burned, but Dr. Goodwin gave more of the same fluid, and the coughing ceased. The operation went smoothly, and the boy seemed to be doing well...
...President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, I would like to compliment you on an excellent, informative story on anesthesiology [Nov. 5]. One statement requires clarification: "Nearly gone is the nurse-technician who dates back to the early days of ether and chloroform." This implies that nurse anesthetists today only rarely administer anesthetics. The reverse is true. About 40% of the anesthesias are given by members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, about 45% by certified registered nurse anesthetists, and the remainder by other physicians, nurses or technicians...
Today that person is often a physician. Nearly gone is the nurse-technician who dates back to the early days of ether and chloroform and whose only function was to render the patient in sensible to pain. Today's anesthesiologist is responsible for the whole man-his breathing and his circulation. In the past dozen years, the growth of knowledge and skills among anesthesia specialists has been greater than in practically any other branch of medicine. When the American Society of Anesthesiologists held its annual meeting in Denver last week, the trade talk of members made it clear that...
...Well, why don't you dissolve it in ether and pour it out the window," was the reply. "Stupid people," thought the section man. "I could be elucidating the mechanism of cyclobutadiene synthesis, and they put me in charge of mewling infants...