Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
J Clin Anesth. 2010 Feb;22(1):59-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.11.015.
Well into the twentieth century, nitrous oxide was often suspected to support life in the manner of oxygen. Authorities contributing to that life-threatening misimpression include Humphry Davy, Gardner Q. Colton, and George W. Crile. Concomitantly, deprivation of oxygen was long touted as a requisite for nitrous oxide anesthesia.
直到二十世纪，一氧化二氮经常被怀疑以类似于氧气的方式支持生命。对这种危及生命的误解做出贡献的权威人士包括汉弗莱·戴维、加德纳·Q·科尔顿和乔治·W·克利尔。同时，长期以来，人们一直认为缺氧是一氧化二氮麻醉的必要条件。
