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Date sent: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:18:15 -0500 Send reply to: [log in to unmask] From: Ken & Betty Rowland <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Ether Anesthetic To: [log in to unmask] > Do you suppose anyone has done a correlation of ether used as an > anesthetic with the incidence of PD? Seems like inhaling methyl ether > vapors until you lapse into unconsciousness would not do the old brain > any good. > > Ken Rowland It's not "methyl ether", but rather diethyl ether (big difference). Before about 1950, almost all general anesthetics were given with diethyl ether, and so, virtually anyone who had surgery during that time would have had exposure to it. Actually, diethyl ether is still one of the safest anesthetic agents around, but it has other downsides, one of which, for example, being the fact that it is highly inflammable. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn