Other names and synonyms
aeth-n.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Nitric ether, с2H5ONO2 (not to be confounded with Nitrous ether, с2H5ONO, which is the principal ingredient of Sweet spirits of nitre). For use, Inhalations of vapor.
Head, face, and ears
A tendency to pitch forward. A sense of fullness of the vessels of the brain. Sensations of noise and fullness in the head are, in general, excessive. Much headache and giddiness for some time have usually followed its employment.
Face.
Extreme suffusion of the face.
Face.
Extreme suffusion of the face.
Chest organs
Rapid and painful respiration.
Cardiovascular system
Excessive over action of the heart.
Common symptoms
Insensibility (after a few inspirations). The effects cease after the agent is withdrawn more quickly than when Nitrate of amyl is employed; but for intensity of action, up to the period of full action, the Ethyl is as powerful as the Amyl.