Key result
Advances in anesthesia include the declining use of chloroform and ethyl chloride, and the replacement of rectal ether with tribromethyl alcohol.
Design
Review
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Historical anesthetic shifts highlight safety progress; leaves open relevance to modern agent selection in current practice.
A historical review of advances in anesthetic agents, noting the decline of chloroform and changes in ether administration.
John S. Lundy (1932) conducted a review in Anesthesia. Anesthetic agents was evaluated. Advances in anesthesia include the declining use of chloroform and ethyl chloride, and the replacement of rectal ether with tribromethyl alcohol.
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