Ether addiction
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Addiction to ether consumption, or etheromania, is the addiction to the inhalation or drinking of diethyl ether, commonly called "ether". Studies, including that of an ether addict in 2003, have shown
Bottle of diethyl ether from Slovakia
Compound spirit of ether
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Compound spirit of ether, also called Hoffmann's anodyne, Hoffmann's drops, or aetheris spiritus compositus, is a solution of one part diethyl ether in three parts alcohol. It was used traditionally a
Ether addiction
…Addiction to ether consumption had posed a serious social problem in Poland during the Interwar period. The drinking of ether, as well as related liquids (Hoffman's drops) was commonplace and widespread foremost in the region of Upper Silesia. According to surveys conducted in the 1930s, in certain villages a large portion…
Friedrich Hoffmann (1660–1742), was a German physician.