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I decided to open the Wikipedia page for Chloroform while this video played and thought it was interesting that the idea that criminals can immediately knock so

I decided to open the Wikipedia page for Chloroform while this video played and thought it was interesting that the idea that criminals can immediately knock someone out with a chloroform soaked rag is really a work of fiction. Not that it couldn't be done, but that it would probably take minutes and not just a few seconds.

O__________O 4y ago
Not to mention health risks related to chloroform: https://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/files/chloroformfaq.pdf https://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/files/chloroformfaq.pdf
- fuzzfactor 4y ago
  It used to be a minor ingredient in some brands of well-advertised toothpaste. Had a taste like no other.
yreg 4y ago
There is a reason why anesthesiologists are paid well. Knocking someone out safely is not a joke. (Not only in US where everything health-related involves big money, but also in the countries which underpay other healthcare professionals.)
- antognini 4y ago
  My dad is an anesthesiologist and likes to joke that he can knock you out for cheap. Waking you up afterwards costs extra.
  - binarymax 4y ago
    This really is the ultimate anesthesiologist dad joke.
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- dghughes 4y ago
  Cats don't do well with anaesthetic.
ZeroGravitas 4y ago
There's a historical crime fiction series that intertwines the real history and discovery of Choloroform, gynecology etc. with crime: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38114460-the-way-of-all-flesh https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38114460-the-way-of-all-... The author "Ambrose Parry" is a pseudonym for the combined talents of a crime writer and his wife, who is an anaesthetist with a master's degree in the History of Medicine
- fsckboy 4y ago
  >intertwines the real history and discovery of Choloroform, gynecology etc. with crime "phrasing!" - Archer when you juxtapose chloroform, gynecology, and crime like that, are you suggesting that the real history of chloroform was as a date rape drug, but I need to read a fictional crime series to learn about it? As in the modern day, new technology is first adopted by the sex (we call it porn) trade, I guess I wouldn't be shocked shocked, but is this the truth?
dalyons 4y ago
Pro tip: make it boiling hot. I knocked myself out instantly (but briefly) by accidentally breathing in over a boiling chloroform vat at a biotech internship. Came to a few seconds later on the floor. (Don’t actually recommend)
- pcthrowaway 4y ago
  Did anyone see it happen? Were you close to falling in?
  - dalyons 4y ago
    Fortunately it was in a busy lab so I was noticed! The boiling retort/bath was only a bit larger than head size, so technically possible to fall in but thankfully not :)
- xen2xen1 4y ago
  Was that the chloroform or hypoxia like someone mentioned? Seems the second would be much more dangerous?
  - dalyons 4y ago
    Maybe! I’m no expert. But it was a really quick situation - lid popped, I looked in , there was boiling chloroform when there was supposed to be a different reagent (due to a software bug in the machine). Down I went. So probably not time for hypoxia? Fun bug report to write haha
Apocryphon 4y ago
Now I'm wondering if the fictional trope effect can be reversed by the trope of using smelling salts to rouse a fainted person.

O__________O 4y ago

Not to mention health risks related to chloroform: https://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/files/chloroformfaq.pdf https://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/files/chloroformfaq.pdf

fuzzfactor 4y ago
It used to be a minor ingredient in some brands of well-advertised toothpaste. Had a taste like no other.

yreg 4y ago

There is a reason why anesthesiologists are paid well. Knocking someone out safely is not a joke. (Not only in US where everything health-related involves big money, but also in the countries which underpay other healthcare professionals.)

antognini 4y ago
My dad is an anesthesiologist and likes to joke that he can knock you out for cheap. Waking you up afterwards costs extra.
- binarymax 4y ago
  This really is the ultimate anesthesiologist dad joke.
- deleted 4y ago
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dghughes 4y ago
Cats don't do well with anaesthetic.

ZeroGravitas 4y ago

There's a historical crime fiction series that intertwines the real history and discovery of Choloroform, gynecology etc. with crime: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38114460-the-way-of-all-flesh https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38114460-the-way-of-all-... The author "Ambrose Parry" is a pseudonym for the combined talents of a crime writer and his wife, who is an anaesthetist with a master's degree in the History of Medicine

fsckboy 4y ago
>intertwines the real history and discovery of Choloroform, gynecology etc. with crime "phrasing!" - Archer when you juxtapose chloroform, gynecology, and crime like that, are you suggesting that the real history of chloroform was as a date rape drug, but I need to read a fictional crime series to learn about it? As in the modern day, new technology is first adopted by the sex (we call it porn) trade, I guess I wouldn't be shocked shocked, but is this the truth?

dalyons 4y ago

Pro tip: make it boiling hot. I knocked myself out instantly (but briefly) by accidentally breathing in over a boiling chloroform vat at a biotech internship. Came to a few seconds later on the floor. (Don’t actually recommend)

pcthrowaway 4y ago
Did anyone see it happen? Were you close to falling in?
- dalyons 4y ago
  Fortunately it was in a busy lab so I was noticed! The boiling retort/bath was only a bit larger than head size, so technically possible to fall in but thankfully not :)
xen2xen1 4y ago
Was that the chloroform or hypoxia like someone mentioned? Seems the second would be much more dangerous?
- dalyons 4y ago
  Maybe! I’m no expert. But it was a really quick situation - lid popped, I looked in , there was boiling chloroform when there was supposed to be a different reagent (due to a software bug in the machine). Down I went. So probably not time for hypoxia? Fun bug report to write haha

Apocryphon 4y ago

Now I'm wondering if the fictional trope effect can be reversed by the trope of using smelling salts to rouse a fainted person.