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Science 7 October 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3745, pp. 148 - 149
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3745.148
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Silicone Rubber: A New Diffusion Property Useful for General Anesthesia

Judah Folkman 1, David M. Long Jr. 2, and Richard Rosenbaum 1

1 Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Sears Surgical Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
2 Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Sears Surgical Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

Ether, nitrous oxide, halothane, and cyclopropane diffuse through silicone rubber. General anesthesia can be produced in dogs by passing the vapors of any of these anesthetic agents through a coil of silicone rubber tubing, each end of which is placed in an artery and vein. Potential applications include a new method for general anesthesia and a simple accurate vaporizer for halothane.


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