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Ether
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Sweet Vitriol
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Anaesthetic Volatile Solvent
CHEMICAL NAME
diethyl-ether
DESCRIPTION
Ether is a volatile liquid that's vapors act as an anaesthetic when inhaled. It has been used both medically and recreationally since the late 1800s.
CAUTION
Ether is Extremely Flammable. Also note that diethyl-ether and "petroleum ether" are different substances. "Petroleum ether" is not an ether.
BASICS EFFECTS IMAGES HEALTH LAW DOSE CHEMISTRY
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Over-the-Counter Solvents FAQ
RELATED VAULTS #
Inhalants Vault
Nitrous Vault
HISTORY #
Ether Timeline
Hoffmann's Drops (History)
Ether Use as Alcohol Replacement
HEALTH #
OSHA's Health Guidelines for Ether
Material Safety Datasheet for Ether
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
Can you extract ether from starter fluid?
EXPERIENCES #
Precipiate Of Thought, by Cap'n Zeep
The History Class Crash, by Value_Mpeals
A True Disassociative, by Raghuffinglunatic
The Most Intense Psychedelic, by Brady
This Is It..., by Cookie1456
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BOOKS #
Ether Day, by Julie Fenster
Ether and Me, by Will Rogers
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OFF-SITE RESOURCES
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
A Celebration of Ether (very good)
A History of Ether (quite good)
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
First Account of Ether Anaesthesia
Preparation of Ether: Williamson Synthesis
HISTORY #
Anaesthesia Museum
IMAGES #
Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology : Ether
Several Pieces of Equipment from a 1930's British Catalog
Smithsonian: The Ether Inhaler