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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 |
| 7370685 | Take up-type screen device whose lock is releasable from either inside or outside The present invention provides a simple-structured windable screen device provided with a locking element that can be unlocked both from the inside and the outside of a building. According to such a windable screen device, a locking element 7 attached to a mo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 6892786 | Assembly including at least one guide rail and one slide for a roll-up sun screen in a motor vehicle An assembly for a shade system of a motor vehicle, such as a roll-up shade or a sliding sunroof, includes a guide rail and a slide movable in the guide rail. The slide includes a braking element engageable in a braking groove of the guide rail to stop the slide in a... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6491086 | Mechanism for the quick hooking and unhooking of a handle, used particularly for fly screens and fly screen assemblies A mechanism for quick hooking and unhooking of a handle, used particularly for fly screens and fly screen assemblies with a chain-operated movement. The invention includes a casing containing a rewind roll, a screen fastened to the rewind roll and a handl... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6390526 | Easy-to-use safety net device The invention relates to a safety net device (9) with a housing (11), in which a winding shaft is rotationally mounted. The winding shaft (13) is pretensioned by means of a spring motor (14) in the direction of winding of a safety net (12) which is fixed ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 5111866 | Movable shade system A shade covering a window movable from a first position to a second position and a plurality of shade carriers supporting the shade in spaced, parallel relationship to each other and disposed substantially perpendicular to tracks, with the carriers secure... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4665964 | Foldably extensible and collapsible track-mounted shade device for skylight-type window The device comprises a foldably extensible and collapsible shade member, and means for forming corresponding sets of laterally projecting trunnions at spaced intervals along opposing edges of the shade member. It also comprises a pair of elongated track d... | 05/19/1987 |
