Word: ethers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...besides, these explorers of the ether are just plain jealous. Unlike hams at almost all other major colleges, they don't have the facilities or equipment to maintain a radio club and the usual high-power "gear" that goes with such an organization...
Last week the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene announced that it had developed a gentler way of bringing on the coma which seems to relax sufferers from manic-depressive states. The treatment: intravenous injections of ether.t The ether solution is dripped slowly into the veins (in a technique similar to that used in blood transfusions) for 2½ to 3 hours. The treatment is repeated every day, for ten days to a month...
...Ether treatments can be given to patients whose physical condition prevents the use of shock. There is no danger of fractures or dislocations, no anxiety, and no sign of unpleasant aftereffects, reported the New York researchers. Of 40 depressive patients treated, 21 recovered enough to be released on convalescent care, ten stayed in the hospital with "marked improvement," and nine were unchanged...