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RARE 1860's CIVIL WAR Ether/Chloroform Bottle 4" (4.5" WITH TOP)

$ 15.83

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Time Period Manufactured: Antique (Pre-1900)
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Color: Dark Amber

    Description

    1860's CIVIL WAR bottle.
    By the time the American Civil War broke out in 1861, both ether and chloroform had been in use for several years as methods of surgical anesthesia. Though both anesthetic agents were developed around the same time (the 1840s), chloroform soon emerged as the more widely used, as it took action faster and was non-flammable. During the Civil War, ether and particularly chloroform became indispensable tools for military doctors, who performed tens of thousands of amputations and other types of procedures for wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.
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