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...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 |
| 5958979 | Stabilized medicaments containing thyroid hormones The present invention relates to stabilized medicaments containing thyroid hormone the stabilizing component of which is sodium thiosulfate in a mass ratio of thyroid hormone to sodium thiosulfate of 1:0.1 to 1:50 and processes for preparing such medicame... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5378470 | Rectally administered pharmaceutical preparation Described are dry pharmaceutical preparations or clysters designed for rectal administration, which contain an active ingredient or mixture of active ingredients plus additives, and which are only reconstituted immediately before use by the addition of wa... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5200428 | Agent for the TSH suppression and treatment of struma The agent for TSH suppression and for treatment of struma contains a therapeutically effective dose of 3,5-diiodo-L-thyronine and conventional galenic auxiliary materials.... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4962868 | Apparatus for dispensing a controlled dose of a liquid fluid An apparatus for dispensing a controlled dose of a liquid fluid such as a liquid medication includes a dispenser head which is snugly fitted over the needle-shaped end of a syringe filled with the liquid pharmaceutical and including a piston in fully retr... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4871660 | Luminescence immuno-test kits, method for stabilizing same and quality control thereof Luminescence immuno-test kits consist of an antigen or antibody capable of showing luminescence and labelled with phthalic hydrazides, an antibody or antigen preferably bound to a carrier and an oxidizing reagent inducing the luminescence to occur and are... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4657873 | Preactivated plastics surfaces for immobilizing organo-chemical and biologic materials Plastics surfaces are preactivated for immobilizing organo-chemical and biologic materials by coating the surfaces with a polypeptide which consists of a defined composition of hydrophobic amino acids and amino acids having side chains capable of activati... | 04/14/1987 |
