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. 2019 Apr;5(2):36-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.janh.2018.08.007. Epub 2018 Aug 29.

Divine's CO2 Absorber of 1867

Theodore A Alston  1 , Martha E Stone  2
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Divine's CO2 Absorber of 1867

Theodore A Alston et al. J Anesth Hist. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Chemist and inventor Silas R. Divine (1838-1912) sold ammonium nitrate and other anesthesia supplies in New York City. He offered a carbon dioxide absorber for the purpose of rebreathing nitrous oxide. Like his colleague Gardner Q. Colton, he denied the need for nitrous oxide to be supplemented with O2 gas.

Keywords: Ammonium nitrate; Charles Goodyear; Gardner Q. Colton; Gasometer; Humphry Davy; Joseph Lister; Nitrous oxide; Ralph M. Waters; William S. Halsted.

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