Did You Know...
...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4417936 | Plastic web with multiplicity of gas filled bubbles, containing printing thereon and method of making same A plastic web composes plural laminae mutually defining a multiplicity of gas-filled bubbles, the plastic web being formed so as to include printing on an exterior surface of the web. The printing is included in the plastic web in such a manner as to be a... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4382510 | Roll dispensing container A roll dispensing container which is used for storing an elongated web of thermoplastic material comprising plural laminae which define a multiplicity of gas-filled bubbles.. The container is constructed in a manner that permits easy measured dispensal of... | 05/10/1983 |
