Template:Did you know nominations/John Mervin Nooth

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:32, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

John Mervin Nooth

Example of a Nooth apparatus
Example of a Nooth apparatus
  • ... that the Nooth apparatus (example pictured), originally invented to produce carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering anaesthetic drugs? Sources: Zuck, 1978: "The two earliest inhalers devised for the administration of ether anaesthesia in the U.K. (Hooper's and Squire's apparatus) both incorporated the bottom part of a Nooth's apparatus... his apparatus was one of the very first to be designed to produce, for medicinal purposes, what may inclusively be called carbonated waters"; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "A modified form of Nooth's apparatus was used in December 1846 to administer the ether in the first-known employment of a general anaesthetic in a surgical operation"

Moved to mainspace by Spicy (talk). Self-nominated at 11:55, 21 June 2021 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: I've only done a couple DYKs so if you have any comments or concerns about any parts of my review feel free to let me know. Rizzle13 (talk) 20:17, 21 June 2021 (UTC)