was diethyl ether used as anesthesia
General information. Ether (diethyl ether) is a colourless, highly volatile and flammable liquid that, in anaesthetic dosage, depresses cerebral activity. Advantages. Ether is a reliable and potent anaesthetic that is particularly useful when elaborate apparatus is not available and cost is an important consideration.
General anesthesia has memory-enhancing effects in young rats, but ours is not the first study to demonstrate this. In studies in young adult mice, the volatile anesthetics halothane, enflurane, and isoflurane have been shown to enhance memory .