Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of administering ether as an anesthetic.
  • noun The state of the system when under the anesthetic influence of ether.
  • noun In chem., the process of producing ether; etherification.
  • noun Also spelled etherisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
  • noun The state of the system under the influence of ether.

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  • noun surgery anaesthetization using ether

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Examples

  • Morton did indeed procure of the Academy of Sciences in Paris, a recognition of their joint claims to be regarded as the discoverers of etherization.

    The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

  • The section upon etherization, we presume, will serve as a specimen of

    The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

  • I knew that some physicians had described a disease which they attributed to wireless, a sort of anemia with a marked diminution in the number of red corpuscles in the blood, due partly to the over etherization of the air by reason of the alternating currents used to generate the waves.

    The War Terror 1908

  • But, still half-delirious, Stern tried again to stretch up his arms, to greet this singular being, even as a sick man recovering from etherization raves and half sees the nurses and doctors, yet dreams wild visions in the midst of pain.

    Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906

  • There are also two Congressional Reports on the question of the discovery of etherization, one for 1848, the other for 1852. 6

    A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences 1904

  • Gioffredi (_Gazzetta degli Ospedali_, October 1, 1895) has shown that some hysterical symptoms, such as mutism, can be cured by etherization, thus loosening the control of the higher centres.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899

  • The mere touching of the pin caused the woman intense pain; even after etherization it was necessary to construct a special instrument to extract it.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The mere touching of the pin caused the woman intense pain; even after etherization it was necessary to construct a special instrument to extract it.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • In a later memorial of the same general tenor, which Doctor Jackson forwarded to Baron Humboldt, he stated that he had applied to other dentists in Boston to make the experiment of etherization, but found them unwilling to take the risk; but the names of the dentists have never been made public, nor did any such appear afterwards to testify in Doctor

    Cambridge Sketches Frank Preston Stearns 1881

  • In 1847 Dr. Mason Warren published a review of etherization, in which he makes this important statement:

    Cambridge Sketches Frank Preston Stearns 1881

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