THE toxic effects of chloroform on the liver are well known and feared. Studies on animals have suggested a similar role for other anesthetic agents, particularly the ethers. Goldschmidt, Ravdin and ...

An illustration of Crawford Long removing a tumor from the neck of James Venable. Crawford W. Long Museum, CC BY-SA In the small town of Jefferson, Georgia, about 20 miles from the University of ...

There are all sorts of fascinating artifacts in the collection of the Vigo County History Center that stem from the age of invention. That is from about the 1860s through the turn of the 20th century.

To comprehend the particular usefulness of ether one must understand the local problem of psychotherapy that existed at the hospital. The patients treated were, in general, combat soldiers who had ...