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March 30, 1842: It's Lights Out, Thanks to Ether

wired.com — 1842: James Venable has a tumor surgically removed from his neck by Dr. Crawford Long. This otherwise routine surgery is significant because it is the first documented use of ether as an anesthetic.

Who dugg this? Made popular Mar 31, 2007

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  • inspecality, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35Ether restores 10 PP.
  • motherwell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30The only thing that worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

    -Gonzo
  • DyDx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Actually, Dr. Gonzo does not say that... Hunter S Thompson does.
  • Firehed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5They used a Phoenix Down to revive the patient after the surgery, right?
  • computergod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I used to distill that stuff from starter fluid. Good times.
  • naldwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Oooh, that's good E!
  • ElbridgeGerry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This got 91 diggs? Fire up the "this day in history" sites, folks, we're off to the front page daily!
  • YacozA, on 10/12/2007, -2/+42nd that'

    my care level is [--|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
    ______________^there
  • motherwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hunter S. Thompson IS Dr. Gonzo. Read his literature
  • themoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How is this news? Or am I missing something?
  • omgcthulhu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Awesome. Things like this happen everywhere. http://chocozone.blogspot.com
  • EnterDaMatrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1No, it IS Hunter S Thompson. Raoul Duke is the publisher back in L.A. Thompson uses Duke as his fake name. Duh.
  • clink0914, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Rubber's Lover?
  • cgruber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Devil ether ftw
  • ichauffeur, on 10/31/2007, -0/+0hmm very nice.
  • jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1really, you could argue that they are the same person. good quote - dugg on that merit alone.
  • x987, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1digg for ether, what more reason required?
  • DrewBledsoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ether, that ***** that makes your soul burn slow
  • Kredi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0http://www.trkredi.com
  • lolo2007, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The only thing that worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon

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    http://www.gwafi.com/news.html http://www.gwafi.com/story.html
  • flydpnkrtn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Funny thing is 'Raoul Duke' is the actual character that says the line...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas
  • Drkboarder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I was going to digg you up for making that the first comment, but then you gave the wrong person credit. Epic failure. Unless you were on ether at the time of quoting, then it's understandable.
  • moft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0dugg down as not worth reading and lame.
  • kfconme, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2let's frolic! ;D

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