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=== Medicine === Ether was once used in pharmaceutical formulations. A mixture of alcohol and ether, one part of diethyl ether and three parts of ethanol, was known as [[Compound spirit of ether|"Spirit of ether"]], Hoffman's [[Anodyne]] or Hoffman's Drops. In the United States this concoction was removed from the [[United States Pharmacopeia|Pharmacopeia]] at some point prior to June 1917,<ref>The National Druggist, Volume 47, June 1917, pp. 220</ref> as a study published by [[William Procter, Jr.]] in the ''American Journal of Pharmacy'' as early as 1852 showed that there were differences in formulation to be found between commercial manufacturers, between international [[pharmacopoeia]], and from Hoffman's original recipe.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Procter|first=William Jr.|date=1852|title=On Hoffman's Anodyne Liquor|url=https://recipes.hypotheses.org/tag/hoffmans-anodyne#_ftnref1|journal=American Journal of Pharmacy|volume=28}}</ref> It is also used to treat [[hiccups]] through instillation into the nasal cavity.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/5534411/ ncbi, Treatment of hiccups with instillation of ether into the nasal cavity.]</ref>
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