Lots of chloroform questions here.
Hopefully this will answer some:
How Long Does It Take For Chloroform To Work?
In 1865, The Lancet, the medical journal, called upon any person, criminal or not, to prove that waving a chloroform drenched handkerchief was enough to knock someone out. No one has to date come forward with an answer.
While the right dose of chloroform soaked in a rag can definitely render you unconscious (the Lancet articles cites 5 minutes and persistance should knock someone out, but no experimental evidence was provided), it would take much longer than what they show in movies: you wouldn’t drop unconscious just by taking a whiff.
What Does Chloroform Smell Like?
Chloroform is a sweet-smelling liquid, similar to ether, along with a slightly sweet taste. Some people compare the smell to the smell of disinfectants, similar to the smell that is perceived in hospitals and medical facilities. We interviewed a number of chemists working in chemical laboratories who explained that the chloroform smell vaguely resembles the smell of acetone, an organic compound.
Bill Cosby told me roofies are the preferred tool of the trade.
Didn’t he used quaaludes?
Tell him to go fuck himself for me, will ya?
The urban legend goes you wake up in a bathtub missing a kidney. The bathtub is filled with ice, though, which is silly because the organ, not the person, goes on ice.
Sure is a memorable legend, though.
I think the idea is that it’s supposed to be beneficial to the surgery itself, causes blood vessels to contract naturally and so forth.
But I’m pretty sure it just makes you much much more likely to die considering a lot of modern surgery actually has to go out of its way to raise body temps. I guess the other implication is they don’t actually care about that.
No antiseptic, no Novocaine, no nothing. Just the song “Hip to Be Square” drowning out your boyish screams.
The note is considerate of them
I have had enough of these dates costing a kidney every time.
You don’t go on dates often, don’t you?
I will never go on a second date for the life of me.
🫂
What does chloroform even smell like?
Disclaimer: all this info is from reddit and lemmy, I’m not a doctor
You should be able to smell it, this comic and all the pop culture tropes that the smallest drop of chloroform with amke you lose your conscience are greatly exaggerated.
Apparently it takes a lot of chloroform for a significant amount of time for that effect.
However chloroform is still kinda toxic, so it’s not like it’s a good idea to have it as a room scent.
I think you get burns from direct contact and it requires continuous application, otherwise the person will wake up. At least that’s what I heard. No practical experience at all. Seriously, none at all.
When the clarification makes you more concerned
Kind of a sickly sweet if I remember right. Worked in a pharmacy that had a medication disposal box and someone dropped a bottle of the stuff in front of it.
One of my favorite episodes
Thank you. I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard.
Relatable
