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Divine's CO2 Absorber of 1867

Theodore A Alston1, Martha E Stone2

  • 1Boston Medical Library, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115.

Journal of Anesthesia History
|August 12, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Silas R. Divine, a chemist and inventor, supplied anesthesia equipment in New York. He developed a carbon dioxide absorber for rebreathing nitrous oxide, believing oxygen supplementation was unnecessary.

Keywords:
Ammonium nitrateCharles GoodyearGardner Q. ColtonGasometerHumphry DavyJoseph ListerNitrous oxideRalph M. WatersWilliam S. Halsted

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