MassGeneralHospital - 2014-12-30
The birth of surgical anesthesia took place on Oct 16, 1846 at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s surgical theater, now known as the Ether Dome. In 1946, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of this seminal event, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works produced a “how it’s made” film reel depicting the production and delivery of the then still used anesthetic for the public.
I felt kinda anesthetized after watching this :(
Post-bacc student who finished 1st semester ochem in December 2020. I’m having surgery next month (February 2021) and “how many ethers can I think of as the anesthesiologist knocks me out?” is my upcoming challenge
wonderful vid, thanks for the share
Wonderful video. Thank you for posting this.
I had ether to knock me out during my tonsillectomy in 1963. I fought for about 2 seconds before I passed out
How are u both able to type. Lol
@Jim Stan lol😂
I'm literally using diethyl ether as room odourant
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@Liam Kenzo trying it out right now. Seems to be working :)
I SWEAR DUDE LEAVE IT TO THE OLD FILMS EVERY TIME!
Thanks for video,very interesting. :)
Yes ether is dangerous but be grateful it came along as Anesthesia, other safer drugs are now used. In 170 years time people won’t believe we use iv or gas inhalation for Anaesthesia.
what do you believe would be the standard then?
@Brett Teitelbaum they'll make you listen to "mouth of kala" by gojira until your consciousness shatters
It’s Weird thinking that I can do this in my basement in 2 hours when back then you needed a truckload of equipment just to remove acetyl aldehyde
You still need all that equipment, or you'll make 1800s version of the product. :)
This is so cool
What a fantastic video with an incredible laboratory apparatus, ether is still a very useful substance even tho it has been superseded medicinally. I use it for the cleaning of laser optics.
Nothing else seems to clean quite the way ether does without leaving an atomic film on the glass surface.
It leaves me with a pleasantly squiffy head if i 'accidentally' forget to crank up the fume hood haha !
Fascinating.. if very dated.
Once upon a time in America.....
Does somebody know the name of the narrator? This guy is omnipresent.
@Shannon Nicolle channel all 1940's narrators sound the exact same.
He's still alive. :)
https://youtu.be/jaGLDKBE8Ho
Crack?
Crack wtf haha did you watch the video it's dimethyl ether you must have the iq of 10
@not Will Ferrell You know they used to make crack with ether right? If I knew that and you didn't... 😃
No crack cocaine has nothing to do with ether... meth amphetamine on the other hand yea
@not Will Ferrell You're a complete fucking idiot!
@L Dobbs Nope, can't make crack from ether. I believe the crack is starting to get to you.
Thank goodness ether is no longer used as an anesthetic. I had it for a procedure when I was four, and have never forgotten that sickly sweet smell, the yellowed rubber mask, and the nausea afterward. Anesthesia has come a long way since then.
@wendysharbor75 .
The base chemical structure of Halothane and Sevoflurane is Ether.
@Derek Jeffries you are so right. I think my 4-year old self still recognizes something of it in those newer anesthetics and that is why I always seem to be nauseated coming out of them.
@wendysharbor75 actually it turned out Halothane is something e lse, but all the others are halogenated ethers. You can look a the chemical structure and they're all basically Diethyl Ether with a bunch of fluctuated sructures added on.
@Derek Jeffries All I know for certain, Derek, is that my stomach sure does not get along well with any of them!
@Derek Jeffries halothane is not ether
Before there is EKG, stethoscopes are LONG
Now we use patient monitors that can monitor multiple vital signs at once like the ECG, BP, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respiration, and EtCO2.
@Mark Arca And the cables are LONG
trish johnson - 2021-01-17
My father had a very bad allergic reaction to ether when he had his tonsils removed.