Multiple choice

Methoxyflurane is used as a volatile inhalational anesthetic. It was first synthesized by

  1. Georgius Agricola

  2. William T. Miller

  3. Sidney Altman

  4. Johan August Arfwedson
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Explanation

Methoxyflurane is a halogenated ether that was in clinical use as a volatile inhalational anesthetic from its introduction by Joseph F. Artusio et al in 1960 until around 1974. It was first synthesized in the late 1940s by William T. Miller and his team of chemists following their involvement in the Manhattan Project.

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