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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 |
| 4341166 | Safe storage box A safe deposit box system which is either front loading or side loading. Each of the safe storage boxes has an integral lock housing adapted to be locked into the frame forming the compartments into which the safe storage boxes are retained. The lock hous... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4304188 | Locker for personal valuables The invention provides a locker for the safe-keeping of personal valuables, comprising a hollow body portion provided with an opening, an inner abutment means extending around at least part of the inner periphery of said opening, a door adapted to fit int... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4088082 | Device with functional units housed in an armored box and in need of protection, e.g. automatic money-dispensing machine The present invention relates to a device with functional units housed in an armored box and in need of protection, e.g. to an automatic money-dispensing machine. The functional units are accommodated on a pull-out slide-in frame and are closed with an ar... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4073554 | Modular safety deposit box system An improved modular type safety deposit box system. In preferred form, each module is comprised of the same basic casing structure, and an initially separate door frame structure, these two components then being assembled into a completed module after pre... | 02/14/1978 |
