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Why surgeon often spray some ether on skin while performing minor surgery?
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∙ 10y ago
Ether unconsciousness. In the past this was used a lot... now, I think, there are many safer gasses that are used in surgery.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoEther is no longer in use . Alcoholic wipes or iodine and chlorhexidine solutions are used to clean the skin to prevent infection before any Surgery
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∙ 10y agoBefore modern anesthesia, ether (more accurately called diethyl ether) was used for anesthesia during surgery.
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∙ 13y agoskin becomes num so surgery is easy
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Why surgeons often spray some ether on skin before performing minor surgery?
they are putting a antibactrial spray to prevent jerms spreding though you
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