Ether Squibb

Dublin Core

Title

Ether Squibb

Subject

Ether, Ethyl
Anesthesia, Inhalation
Drug Packaging

Description

Edward Robinson Squibb developed a method for the distillation of ether and founded a company in 1858 to sell his eponymous product for surgical anesthesia. The drop ether method was widely used when anesthesia machines were unavailable. Ether was completely replaced by newer anesthetic gases by the 1970s.

Date

1950s, circa

Type

physical object

Provenance

Originals were borrowed from private collections.

Files

Squibb.jpg

Citation

“Ether Squibb,” OnView, accessed April 27, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/26621.