Ether For Anesthesia

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.

[@DylanMizeOfficial]

This guy commentated everything back in the day.

[@Skunkhunt_42]

Naaa bro it was AI. They just had one voice style unlike today

[@teekolinski491]

Everyone spoke similarly. Transatlantic accent was used on radio & television programs.

[@tvviewer4500]

@@teekolinski491this isn’t ’transatlantic’

[@TheBic4]

Early 20th century glassware for chemistry is such a style I love it.

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8]

We use the same glassware today for the most part :)

[@ianboard544]

I love the smoke cured voices of the narrators in these films.

[@extremereclusefallows5779]

I had ether to knock me out during my tonsillectomy in 1963. I fought for about 2 seconds before I passed out

[@Hugatree1]

Extremerecluse Fallows same here. 1959. I have been drawn to and fascinated by altered states of consciousness ever since then.

[@jimstan1795]

How are u both able to type. Lol

[@KobaltBlue680]

@@jimstan1795 lol😂

[@lifeonfire2390]

I'm literally using diethyl ether as room odourant

[@Berley_1234]

same worse experience ever...suffocating sweet sicking smell...and the hallucinations !!!!!

[@geraldwilson681]

I remember having surgery when I was 7 years old in 1971 . They wheeled me into the operating room and everything was all white and after i was laid on the table I looked behind me and next thing I know this black mask with black hoses was put over my face and the smell was so strong and chemical like that I reached up and tried to push it away and the male anesthesiologist was trying to be patient with me and kept the mask on my face and after a few more fitful breaths everything got loud and fuzzy and I went under. A year later I had to have surgery again and this time I remembered the last awful experience I had and once again I had the same anesthetic gas administered to me through that frightening black mask with the black hoses leading to that silver and white colored anesthesia machine, and AGAIN the strong horrific odor that you could scarcely take a full breath of!! I remember several years later having an incident which reminded me of that and I went into a literal crying and screaming fit. I don't know what anesthetic gas they gave me but it was awful!!😖

[@imixmuan9081]

In 1971, probably Halothane or Methoxyflorane. These days they hit you with Propofol, intubate you and keep you on Isoflorane or Sevoflorane. You'll wake up not knowing a thing happened to you. Mask induction sucks.

[@therealprofessor976]

11:45 Crude is an understatement if "sponge in a glass globe" and "general surgery" are in the same sentence.

[@theweaponofmassdisorder755]

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 !

[@jaredflynn3750]

Sorry to bother you over a 3-year-old comment but I was just wondering if ether was phased out just because it wasn't as efficient as new anesthetics or if it was like addictive or had an unacceptable level of toxicity compared to Alternatives that they had come out with?

[@lorenzo5749]

@@jaredflynn3750 I've read on wikipedia that ether can be irritating to the mucosa also its quite a dangerous chemical so it got eventually substituted

[@joestevenson5568]

@@jaredflynn3750 The major reason that Ether got replaceds because it is highly flammable and produces explosive crystals if stored incorrectly. Modern agents have neither of these problems.

[@ВасилийДударов]

​@@jaredflynn3750токсичен он.

[@sloMoses]

Wonderful video. Thank you for posting this.

[@jenniferdunn3560]

As a three year old I remember ‘the sieve’ and the feeling of suffocation, horrible experience. At eight, at my pleading, my father, a family physician, intervened and I was put to sleep by intravenous injection for a tonsillectomy.

[@therealprofessor976]

When did this happen?

[@Berley_1234]

oh god i had that 2 at 6 years old. the worst hallucinations too while under and yea the feeling of suffocating was terrible . I remember still fighting w/ my head back and forth..they had everything else tied down. What a horrible experience for a kid

[@hjacobs8972]

A few years ago I had a patient tell me he got ether as a child in the 1950s. Just as the Anesthesiologist started pouring the ether onto the fabric mask he panicked and knocked it to the floor. So the ether went directly into his mouth. He said it burned his throat and felt like he was suffocating. He remembers the room spinning and people yelling but not much else. I assured him that I only use ether to start my snow blower.

[@jamestregler1584]

Ether is still used as a starter fluid for internal combustion engines.

[@wendysharbor75]

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.

[@iTzShakenJoE]

you must be like a 1000 years old..

[@adamtarbaux7769]

Ether was used up into the 1960s

[@lifeonfire2390]

It smells beautiful

[@derekjeffries1267]

Into the 70s actually.

[@wendysharbor75]

@@derekjeffries1267, I had a halothane anesthetic in 1980 that left me just about as sick as the ether had. Nowadays, though, I can ask for a scopolamine patch to put behind one ear and that has made my last few surgeries much better for my poor queasy stomach!

[@thorild69]

It's interesting to hear the name Mallinckrodt while watching this. The name is all over Washington University located in St. Louis, Mo.

[@aaronmurphy5060]

wonderful vid, thanks for the share

[@lauraeager373]

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

[@Berley_1234]

oh god... i was 6 and has my tonsils removed..late 60s. they used ether as the anesthetic. the NASTIEST, SWEETIST, SICKENING SMELL you can ever imagine..and the hallucinations. wow

[@TylerDWard]

Ether created the canning and bottling companies...wow

[@deathbunny1718]

truely the easiest to manufacture anesthesia out their

[@rossmoorman9335]

To make chloroform you literally mix bleach and a methyl ketone (e.g. acetone).

[@EdwardTriesToScience]

chloroform is easier noawadays

[@lajoswinkler]

Truly and there, not truely and their.

[@hx3r1]

Thanks for video,very interesting. :)

[@Roma69ful]

My father had a very bad allergic reaction to ether when he had his tonsils removed.

[@lightbearer972]

What happened to him?

[@crogthecreator7290]

Luke Jensen he is dead

[@waspstomper6250]

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

[@jdh30]

@@NerdyNEET Digital temperature control on the still alone will make a huge difference to both purity and repeatability compared to stoking a fire. Ethanal boils at 20C, diethyl ether at 35C and ethanol at 78C.

[@EdwardTriesToScience]

the issue however, as the video mentions is that acetaldehyde is highly soluble in ether and doesn't like to separate out, the best method by far to remove all of it would be storage over sodium metal but that takes a few days

[@QbutNotTheQ]

What was that about lead tubing? I guess lead wasn’t a problem back then. 🤓 5:25

[@DJClaudioPessutti]

Does somebody know the name of the narrator? This guy is omnipresent.

[@Berley_1234]

that's Charles W. Thayer...the voice of America lol seriously he did all the govmt propaganda back then

[@lajoswinkler]

It was not always the same guy. The voice is similar because similar voiced guys were used, and because it was all low fidelity monophonic sound.

[@superpayaseria]

I SWEAR DUDE LEAVE IT TO THE OLD FILMS EVERY TIME!

[@jonathanseagraves8140]

A lot of people are talking about tonsillectomies in the comments. What a weird thing to do, CUT OUT pieces of your lymphatic system? That seems half baked.

[@NoOne-sn2si]

They are prone to infection in some people... I had my tonsils and adenoids taken out at the age of 7, ear infections and getting sick became a thing of the past... Before I had them taken out, I was sick all the time.

[@jonathanseagraves8140]

That is so interesting... was there any negatives to having the procedure? (Other than the procedure itself)@@NoOne-sn2si

[@SeventhCircle77]

Crazy to think something that can cause agony, infection, and possibly spread gets removed. Too bad your body will compensate for it. Better than feeling like swallowing glass with golf balls in your throat

[@jonathanseagraves8140]

@@SeventhCircle77 That's like cutting off your balls because SOMETHING is smacking them around. (this is MOSTLY a joke but I think you will get my point) Just because you CAN cut something out, doesn't mean you should, and the root cause should really be seriously looked into. Think of when ulcers were thought to be caused from stress?

[@tylermacdonald8924]

This is so cool

[@Sergi762]

Fascinating.. if very dated.

[@ldobbs2384]

Crack?

[@deano509]

Crack wtf haha did you watch the video it's dimethyl ether you must have the iq of 10

[@ldobbs2384]

@@deano509 You know they used to make crack with ether right? If I knew that and you didn't... 😃

[@deano509]

No crack cocaine has nothing to do with ether... meth amphetamine on the other hand yea

[@mgmorgan0223]

@@ldobbs2384 Nope, can't make crack from ether. I believe the crack is starting to get to you.

[@bouffant-girl]

Unfortunately, illicit pharmacological synthesis can have some very explosive results 😕

[@kightremin]

Before there is EKG, stethoscopes are LONG

[@markarca6360]

Now we use patient monitors that can monitor multiple vital signs at once like the ECG, BP, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respiration, and EtCO2.

[@kightremin]

@@markarca6360 And the cables are LONG

[@JuiAhamed-f8z]

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[@bvaia]

Wait...is this how bongs are made?

[@lhaviland8602]

I read this in Peter's voice.

[@JohnAK72]

I felt kinda anesthetized after watching this :(

[@pacdoforlove8263]

Ether is a neurotoxin that's why it was banned as an anesthesia many years ago. Ether destroyed my neurotransmission along with other toxins through the years like vaccines and immunizations and the chemicals we breath in and the pesticides we consume in our foods. In my case I suffered from paranoid schizophrenia bipolar disorder adhd ocd and tourette syndrome my life was a living hell until I discovered alternative therapies in the early 1980's and I overcame conquered and cured it all and I did it without doctors or drugs and I am now 65 years old living the good life. Just thought I would share. Thanks.

[@orangejulius3436]

stephen horton ... u sound like u tackled a lot of tough troubles.. almost like you're a hero to someone like me. im very glad to hear what you accomplished. im sure it likely took years? is there any advice you can give to me &/or others with similar conditions? i am a 35yr old recovering addict with ptsd,ocd,major depression etc..(not to mention my physical conditions w/ GERD,barrets esophagus,awful back pain).. P.S. ive been trying new pills from my doctot,bless her..she's trying but i dont particularly like having to take any pills,let alone a cocktail of them. god bless!

[@dubb9020]

orange juluis....... what was your drug of choice.... and how long have youve been clean for... all those conditions can be caused by your drug use especially if youv been using for most of your life...... get alot of exercise, be as active as you can. do things that make you feel good like healthy hobbies. GO tO AA and NA meetings. Talk when your at those meetings. Get a sponsor and work the steps of recovery. and if your taking any barbs or types of xanax then your not clean..... sorry to say that but its tru. quit taking any meds that u dont help your physical condtions. Eat healthy . DIET IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. Dont eat to much meat, eat more veggies and greans, youll see the difference i promise you. ALSO, i am a recovering addict. been thru it all, rehabs, jail, and close to death ive overdosed many times. alll you need is a HOPE, Positive outlook, exercise, and a good clean healthy diet, along with AA/ NA meetings so you can talk about your troubles with people who understand you .

[@pacdoforlove8263]

Assuming that I am the one you are calling bat shit crazy.... I invite you to read my book from front to back when it comes out this year and then make your judgements on anything I say or due. I am open and fair on any issue. Its a known fact that vaccines are the main cause of the overwhelming influx of autism and other mental and neurological disorders here in the USA. I have 6 grand kids and 5 of them are full blown autistic and also have tourettes adhd and ocd and they all were perfectly normal before the shots were administered I saw it all happen before my eyes and the 6th child was not vaccinated and she is perfectly fine. Agent Orange is a chemical that has destroyed thousands of Vietnam vets...The list goes on and when the dust settles in most of these mental health issues chemicals are usually the culprit at a very high rate. Have you seen the movie Vaxxed? It is the best up to date truth on this subject yet. Each and every day children are destroyed by these vaccines and it needs to stop. I am not anti vaccine but the formulas need to be perfected because way to much damage is being done. The anesthesia ether is a known neurotoxin that was banned because it was destroying the neurotransmitters of multi-thousands of people through the years. You are right on the heredity factors skipping generations a lot of malfunction and dysfunction can come through the genetic makeup. You are also right on the diet its absolutely most important. You can get Parkinsons for example from getting hit in the head over and over like Mohammad Ali or you can get it from chemicals like aspartame like Michael J Fox did. The reason the medical profession does not admit all of this is because of the law suits that would occur by the millions over night. We are living in a chemical laden war zone here in the United States and I am doing everything I can to bring the truth to the masses in hopefully making a difference and major change with in the faulty medical system. Thanks.

[@JT4GM4K3R]

+stephen horton Right, but because of your misused procatalepsis. Herd immunity isn't correlated to vaccine efficacy, but you're perpetrating that confirmation bias fallacy if and only if you're anti-immunity. In that case without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody an anti-vaxxer in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article, thanks, but(prolepsis). Technically you'd be more likely to be diagnosed with autism if and only if you're immune thus you'd have a greater chance of living an albeit innocuous life glib. Are you finished? Try again.

[@The123gator]

vaccines are not dangers

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

You can't be a quality surgent if you aren't a Psycho. That's a horrible job. And neccessary. I had a "luck" when dentists shot didn't work. Good God, what a pain, the tooth was resilient. Two times. Now i have to visit the dentist again, i shake so much...(please don't touch)

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

@TyaxComp i avoid sugar. I like the sweets,but i prefere sour stuff,pickles and stuff are my cakes

[@v.r.kildaire4063]

starter fluid, used in meth making AB proc, and anesthetic.

[@infinitum2884]

Aether anaesthesia horror.... you fall asleep thinking you will drown .. and it stinks too

[@lajoswinkler]

It's not an issue of ether, but the lack of administered sedative.

[@infinitum2884]

@@lajoswinkler Ether causes respiratory depression...