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nesthesia has faced highs an
The Washington Post
Anesthesia, wrought by any drug that pro-
duces partial or total loss of feeling, is 150 years
old this year.
The word was coined by Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, father of the famous jurist, to describe
the use of ether, the first major gas to revolu-
tionize surgery. To Holmes, the effect of ether
was "anti-aesthetic"; that is, it worked against
the sense of feeling.
Long before the rise of ether, physicians uti-
lized numerous agents to relax patients for the
trauma of the blade. Opium was a favorite of the
ancients, as were alcohol and the narcotic hemp.
After oxygen and nitrogen were discovered in
the late 1700s, nitrous oxide was used as an
anesthetic. This so-called "laughing gas" was
useful in surgery, but was effective only in minor
operations. Invasive surgery would have to await
the arrival of ether.
Surgeon Crawford Long administered ether in
an 1842 operation in Jefferson, Ga., its first
recorded use in this country. But its existence
was known long before that. Indeed, its name
was bestowed by German chemist F.G.
Frobenius in 1730. Ether's properties were
described in medical literature two centuries ear
lier by Prussian botanist Valerius Cordus asa
combination of distilled sulfuric acid and alco
hol, combining to produce a sweet and soporifi
agent.
Ether was not used as an anesthetic in th
United States or Europe before Long's effort
because physicians believed its effect, like tha
of sleep-producing agents such as opium o
alcohol, was unpredictable.
Moreover, surgeons had not yet considere
the ease of operations with the patient asleep an
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15 hrs./wk. Mon.-Fri. Please call 998-0643
evenings.
WANTED: UM STUDENT for employment
beginning Fall term '96. General office
duties, errands, Macintosh friendly, v: lid
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Thursday hours available. Please submit
resume by September 9 to Karen Gibbons,
University of Michigan, Provost's Office,
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RECEPTIONIST for medical type office.
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Work on a project researching nutrition and
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Call 647-0216.
The Michigan Union is,
currently hiring for the
following positions for Fall
1996 (ull or part-time):
Receptionist
Set-Up Staff
$5.40/hr.
Work Study Welcome
Apply at Office #1310
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Michigan Union
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SCOREKEEPERS- Ann Arbor's premiere
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Maynard.
*EEKING DRIVER, safe car, 6-8 hrs.
weekly for after school pick up of 2 children,
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SEEKING STUDENT to train and develop
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work. $6.00/hr. 973-9030.
SOFTWARE SALES. Part-time software
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individual, daytime hrs. near Briarwood Mall.
Pay is hourly plus commission. Send resumes
to Mr. Joseph 1000 Victors Way Suite 300,
Ann Arbor 48108.
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SUPERTANS NOW hiring energetic, cus-
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TELEPHONE INTERVIEWERS
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exp. necessary. Call 763-0651 to apply.
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3343.
WORK STUDY JOBS avail. Computer
programmer & office assistant. If interested
please call office of New Student Programs at
WORK STUDY office staff. Assist in
processing research grant proposals. Word
processing, filing, copying, address campus
mail. Some Mac exp. Hours flex. $6.75/hr.
Call JoAnne @ 764-7230.
WORK-STUDY STUDENTS NEEDED
Hlave fun while you earn! Work-study stu-
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office, mktg., financial and computers. Com-
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*EXCELLANT SITTER Girls ages 3/6.
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8&5 YR. OLD FUN sister/brother team sear-
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Commitment of at least 9 mos. 313/996-
3554.
AF[TER SCHOOL CARE for 2 great girls, 6
and 8 yrs. old, in our home, about 2 miles
from campus. 3:30-6 p.m., Tues. and Thurs.
$7/hr. N-smkr., own trans. 971-2674.
AFTER SCHOOL child care for 11 year old
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BABYSITTER for 7 mo. old girl. Mon. or
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Transport not necessary. W/in walking/biking
distance of campus 994-8553.
BABYSITTER NEEDED for fall semester.
2 children, North Campus. Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 4-8:30 p.m. and some other
evenings. Call Beth or Eric, 763-8496.
BABYSITTER-we need an occasional sitter
this year for our 3 NW A2 kids (beginning
with UM football Sats.). If you are
experienced, have a car, don't smoke and
want $7/hr., give us a call 763-1091.
BABYSITTER WANTED for 2 kids ages 7
& 3. Weekend moms. or weekday nights, 8-
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BABYSITTER NEEDED for 2 girls - 8 &
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BABYSITTER- Responsible, enthusiastic,
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Ref. req. 3:30-6;00 Mon.-Fri. 769-1265
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5:50. Must have car. 662-9782.
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pay, ref. req. 994-9443.
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Seeking a very nice, energetic, n-smkg. fem.
pref. to help with child care for 4 & light
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possible early am. Must have exp., love
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Contact Suzanne Plaszner or Michael
Weinstein 996-1623 or 763-2309 M-F days,
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EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER w/reli-
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FULL-TIME CHILD CARE. Head and as-
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663-9004.
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e relaxed. There was also the fear that anesthetiz- on a towel and inhaled) "to prevent pain" "
- ing a patient contravened the Bible: "In sorrow man who had two small tumors on the back of his
a shalt thou bring forth children," read Genesis, neck. But the doctor already knew a great deal
- suggesting that pain was the necessary compan- about the gas. According to his recollections:
c ion of childbirth and illness. "On numerous occasions I have inhaled ether
Long was an unlikely candidate to experiment for its exhilarating properties..."
e with ether. Born in Danielsville, Ga., in 1815, he Not until recent decades did medical authon-
s graduated from college at age 19, and read med- ties begin to understand the way in which anes
t icine on his own for two years before entering thetics blocked pain.
r medical school. After graduation in 1839, Long Injury, they found, involved tiny nerves that
worked in hospitals in New York, then went transmitted signals to other nerves that eventual-
d home. ly reached the brain, which deciphered the sig-
d In March 1842, Long first used ether (dripped nals into the phenomenon of pain.
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