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The Industrial Age
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Invention
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Nitrous Oxide Anesthetic
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1800
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Davy’s “laughing gas” proves an effective form of
pain relief.
Humphry Davy (1778 – 1829)
first noted the anesthetic effects of nitrous oxide – a colorless, almost
odorless gas – while experimenting at the pneumatic institute in Bristol,
England. Davy (best known for inventing the miner’s (amp) realized that nitrous
oxide both made him want to laugh (coining the term “laughing gas”) &
relived his toothache. In 1800 he published a book stating that gas might “be
used with advantage during surgical operations”. After davy’s observations,
nitrous oxide become popular at laughing parties & fairground shows, but it
was not used in surgery for another forty years
Today, nitrous oxide continues to be used during childbirth & in dentistry and in dentistry to allay anxiety and offer some degree of analgesia As an anesthetic it has survival chloroform, which proved too toxic, and ether, which posed to high a risk as an explosive.
An 1800 illustration of the
mercurial air holder and beathing machine used by Davy in his researches .
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Word Meanings:-
- Gash – A long deep cut or wound.
- Humiliation – Make someone feel ashamed or foolish in front of another.
- Anxiety – A feeling of uncased or worry.
- Allay – Reduce or concern or difficulty.