Abstract
Summary
Propenyl ethyl ether produces prompt surgical anesthesia in many species of animals upon inhalation. The anesthetic index is higher than ethyl ether and the compound appears to be without deleterious action upon the myocardium, the normal histology of the liver or kidney, or upon the red blood cell in anesthetic concentrations. However, this ether in common with its isomer, cypreth ether, produces irritation of the upper respiratory tract in animals and especially in man. For this reason we are of the opinion that the compound is unsuited as a volatile anesthetic in man.
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