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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 |
| 7117897 | Method and face-to-face weaving machine for face-to-face weaving of an upper and lower fabric A method and apparatus for face-to-face weaving of an upper and a lower fabric on a face-to-face weaving machine, upper and lower fabric (101, 102) comprising at least a first zone with pile loops, the pile loops being formed around one or several lost pile l... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6610619 | Patterned felts for bulk and visual aesthetic development of a tissue basesheet A method of imparting bulk and/or visual aesthetics to a tissue basesheet involves pressing the basesheet with a felt having a raised pattern on it so that the pattern becomes inherent in the sheet. A pattern is stitched into a carrier layer which is join... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6592636 | Flow control within a press fabric using batt fiber fusion methods The present invention is directed to a press fabric having an anti-rewet scrim or "barrier" within the internal structure of a press fabric, and a method for making same. External materials are not necessary in creating the barrier. In other words, the ex... | 07/15/2003 |
| 4915138 | Increased picking frequency of pile wire looms Method of weaving pile fabrics by means of pile wire looms, wherein the fabric has a pile loop every n wefts, n being greater than or equal to 2, and wherein each of the pile wires is inserted in an insertion cycle which takes place during one weft cycle ... | 04/10/1990 |
