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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 |
| 6046383 | Cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica oleracea plants which contain the polima CMS cytoplasm and are male sterile at high and low temperatures The present invention involves cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica oleracea plants that contain polima CMS cytoplasm. The plants remain sterile at high temperatures. The Brassica oleracea plants of the present invention can be prepared by traditional breedi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5917128 | Cytoplasmic male sterile brassica oleracea plant, and method for obtaining such plant B. oleracea plant, whose cytoplasm is provided, via protoplast fusion, with mitochondria comprising DNA at least partially originating from a B. napus plant, and which is linked to the property of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) (i.e. responsible for cyt... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5859350 | Canola variety producing a seed with reduced glucosinolates and linolenic acid A canola line has been stabilized to produce seeds having an -linolenic acid content of less than that of generic canola oil, more preferably less than or equal to about 7% -linolenic acid relative to total fatty acid content of said seed an... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5254802 | Male sterile brassica plants Brassica oleracea plants having cytoplasmic male sterility and processes for their production.... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5250433 | Gramineous hybrid plants and process for preparing them According to the present invention, there is provided a gramineous hybrid plant produced from a rice-derived protoplast and another gramineous plant-derived protoplast. Also provided by the invention is an efficient process for preparing such a gramineous... | 10/05/1993 |
| 4940839 | Method of tomato protoplast fusion and regeneration of hybrid plants therefrom The present invention relates to a method of producing a hybrid plant of a wild species and a cultivated species of Lycopersicon which comprises fusing protoplasts of the wild and cultivated species and recovering a hybrid plant from fused protoplasts und... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4940836 | Somatic hybrids of Rutaceae plants Somatic hybrids of Rutaceae plants were obtained by allowing the protoplasts from embryogenic cells of a Rutaceae plant, which are of the nucellar origin, resistant to fusion treatment, and have a high proliferation activity, to fuse with the protoplasts ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4827079 | Generation of somaclonal non-mendelian variants A method is presented which permits the induction and screening of variant plants which display a Non-Mendelian mode of inheritance. The process involves maintaining plant tissue in culture for a limited period of time in the presence of unusually high le... | 05/02/1989 |