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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| 6793932 | Preparation for veterinary use A veterinary composition comprising at least one keratolytic and cerumenilytic cleaning agent, a at least one bactericide agent, at least one yeast control agent and at least one anti-irritant and anti-pruriginous agent, which is useful for preventing otitis in dogs... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6630179 | Oxihumic acid and its use in the treatment of various conditions A pharmaceutical composition comprising an oxihumic acid, salt, ester, or derivative thereof as an active ingredient is disclosed. The composition is preferably administered only for stimulating lymphocytes in a human, animal, or bird. It may be used in t... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6610277 | Appetite suppressant toothpaste An appetite suppressant toothpaste formulations which simultaneously suppresses the users appetite while promoting intraoral cleanliness. The toothpaste composition includes toothpaste base ingredients; and at least one of appetite suppressant and appetit... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6296841 | Odor control composition and process The disclosure of this invention relates to odor control and more particularly, to a process and composition whereby household and institutional odors are eliminated wherein these odors are incorporated in a variety of substrates. The odor composition of ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6267962 | Compositions and methods of treatment using peat derivatives Novel compositions containing at least one biologically active component derived from peat or similar composition, methods for their preparation and therapeutic uses for a variety of diseases, injuries, and conditions, including wound healing, pain, itch,... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6100382 | Method and composition for remediating environmental contaminants A method and composition for the remediation of environmental contaminants in soil, sediment, aquifer material or water wherein contaminants are first reduced with a reducing agent found in sediment and are then oxidized to environmentally safe products. ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5747050 | Peat-derived bioactive products, pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions containing said products and processes for producing said products and compositions The peat-derived bioactive product contains not more than 70%, preferably not more than 60% by weight of inorganic salts, especially of sodium chloride, based on dry solids. It is obtainable by a process wherein a highly concentrated aqueous solution of i... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5543300 | Method and composition for determining the immunological activity of bioactive substances The immunological activity of certain bioactive substances is determined by treating a human peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) culture or a suspension of BALB/c mice resident peritoneal cells (RPC), with a solution of the substance to be tested in order to... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5290554 | Process for the extraction of peat and apparatus for carrying out the process An extracting agent, preferably sodium hydroxide solution containing 0.2 to 0.7% of NaOH, is allowed to flow from bottom to top through a bed of the comminuted peat and is removed above the bed, at a rate such that the flow remains laminar and the extract... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4618496 | Antimicrobial peat moss composition A composition for inhibiting the growth of microorganisms comprising peat moss having substantively bound thereto an antimicrobial heterocyclic compound.... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4272527 | Medicinal preparation containing the extract of peat wax resin A medicinal preparation for treatment of skin diseases consists of an active principle, which is an ethanol extract of peat wax resin, obtained by ethanol extraction of peat wax resin at the ethyl alcohol boiling point, and a pharmaceutical vehicle. The p... | 06/09/1981 |
