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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| 7065849 | Method of producing waterproof foam mattresses Production process for waterproofed foam mattresses, starting from a foam material body (1) in which a plurality of passing through holes (2) are carried out in the bigger faces and some passing through holes (3) with a smaller diameter are carr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6182315 | Structure of three-layer venting mattress A 3-layer venting mattress structure comprised of a steel fiber layer sandwiched by net layers sewn on its periphery. Both upper and lower net layers are made of fiber or non-woven with interlaced mesh for venting purposes. The steel layer between the fib... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6131220 | Mat for nursing bed A mat for a nursing bed having a number of repeatedly flexing thermoplastics filaments aggregated to form a stereonetwork aggregation having through hole portions for cleaning pipes, ventilating pipes, deodorants, and the like, with notches formed therein... | 10/17/2000 |
