Does Ether Make You Sleep?
Does Ether Make You Sleep? Does ether make you sleep? The sleep-inducing effect of ether was first recorded 300 years earlier, when famed Swiss alchemist, philosopher and physician Paracelsus noted that its vapours would induce a state of unresponsiveness in chickens. Is ether a sedative? Diethyl ether (Figure 1) is a potent anesthetic whose actions