Word: schwaner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Also in Philadelphia last week met six groups of anesthetists. Their gravest concern was a new anesthetic called divinyl ether. Professor Isidor Schwaner Ravdin of the University of Pennsylvania, who used divinyl ether in 2,675 operations, praised this highly volatile liquid because a few deep inhalations cause complete unconsciousness. Recovery is very rapid. Nausea or vomiting rarely occurs after divinyl operations. It is less poisonous than chloroform, more poisonous than ether...
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