| Chauncey Depew Leake | |
| Born | September 5, 1896 |
|---|---|
| Died | January 11, 1978 (aged 81) |
| Fields | Pharmacology |
Chauncey Depew Leake (September 5, 1896 - January 11, 1978) was an American pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicist. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Pharmacology (from Greek grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of how Drugs Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Leake discovered the anaesthetic divinyl ether and provided an admirable translation of De motu cordis after being treated by the ophthalmologist Carl Koller . Vinyl ether is a clear nearly colorless volatile liquid which was briefly used as an Inhalation anesthetic. Karl Koller (born December 3 1857 in Schüttenhofen, Bohemia (now Susice, Czech Republic) died March 21 1944 in New York New York
External links
"Victory Over Pain-A History of Anaesthesia" by Victor Robinson
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