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The Abortive Lives of Modern Inhalation Anesthetics.

READERS of this periodical were probably intrigued when, in 1971, almost an entire issue was devoted to studies in volunteers of a new anesthetic, isoflurane (Forane), a novel and useful editorial departure. Since then, a series of reports in the Journal has cast further light on some of the more arcane properties of this heavily fluorinated ether. Why then is this well-studied drug not yet available for clinical use, while its isomer, enflurane, has been accorded official approval? How and when