Nitrous Oxid Versus Ether

Neurophysiological Studies on Nitrous Oxide and Diethyl Ether Anaesthesia.

The spontaneous electrical activities and alterations of the activation threshold of the neo-, palaeoand archicortical systems were investigated during nitrous oxide and ether anaesthesia. In the neocortical system the threshold for hypothalamic stimulation, induced spindle bursts, recruiting response and thalamic arousal reaction were also examined. The results obtained were as follows: (a) Ni...

The Administration of Nitrous Oxide as a Preliminary to Ether Anæsthesia

feel that an apology was required for bringing up such a hackneyed question. All the unpleasant sensations experienced during the early stages of ether anaesthesia may be avoided by giving a small quantity of nitrous oxide first. First of all, I wish to express my regret that chloroform is still so largely used, when we have a far safer and an equally satisfactory anaesthetic in ether. As far a...

Nitrous Oxide Production in Co- Versus Counter-Diffusion Nitrifying Biofilms

For the application of biofilm processes, a better understanding of nitrous oxide (N2O) formation within the biofilm is essential for design and operation of biofilm reactors with minimized N2O emissions. In this work, a previously established N2O model incorporating both ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) denitrification and hydroxylamine (NH2OH) oxidation pathways is applied in two structurally...

Hyperconjugation in diethyl ether cation versus diethyl sulfide cation.

Ionization of a molecule can greatly alter its electronic structure as well as its geometric structure. In this collaborative experimental and theoretical study, we examined variance in hyperconjugation upon ionization of diethyl ether (DEE) and diethyl sulfide (DES). We obtained the experimental gas phase vibrational spectra of DEE, DES, DEE(+), DES(+), DEE(+)-Ar, and DES(+)-Ar in the wavenumb...

On the Function of Copper in Cytocbrome Oxid-