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J Anesth Hist ; 6(3): 172-173, 2020 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32921493

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Joseph Burnett manufactured the diethyl ether used for William T.G. Morton's public demonstration of inhaled surgical anesthesia on October 16, 1846 (Ether Day). A later Burnett product was a hairdressing oil claimed to prevent baldness and dandruff. It contained cocoa-nut oil and was called Cocoaine. In 1902 and 1903, it was sometimes advertised as Burnett's Cocaine (rather than Cocoaine), possibly to emulate the economic success of coca-based beverages such as Vin Mariani and Coca-Cola. Coca leaves are now decocainized before use in preparation of Coca-Cola, and the recovered cocaine is used for scientific and dwindling medical purposes.


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Cocaine/history , Dandruff/history , Hair Preparations/history , Advertising/history , Alopecia/history , Alopecia/therapy , Anesthetics, Inhalation/history , Cacao , Dandruff/therapy , Ether/history , Hair Preparations/chemistry , History, 19th Century , Humans
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