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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| 5460531 | Adaptor card with pass-through and non pass-through vias An interconnect structure is provided for converting or adapting select signals sent between a printed circuit board (PCB) and an electrical component. The interconnect structure comprises an adapter card placed between the PCB and the electrical componen... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5452463 | Processor and cache controller interface lock jumper A computer system including at least one processor and a cache subsystem, in which computer system locked cycles are generated, include a jumper assembly for operatively connecting the at least one processor and the cache subsystem so as to render locked ... | 09/19/1995 |
