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Richardson's ether spray 2026-10-31
A historical local anaesthesia method described by Benjamin Ward Richardson in 1866: an atomizer distributes diethyl ether, whose rapid vaporization cools the surface. The physical cooling mechanism and the author's historical account of nerve signalling should be distinguished.[ref]
On a New and Ready Mode of Producing Local Anæsthesia by Benjamin Ward Richardson. 1866, apparatus and mechanism