title: Theodore Dreiser's "Laughing Gas".
abstract: Around World War I, American novelist Theodore Dreiser wrote several plays, one of which, "Laughing Gas," explores the odd experience of a physician undergoing surgery with nitrous oxide/oxygen anesthesia. The content of this play and its relationship to Dreiser's career are examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233-1924.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D004324:Drama / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008091:Literature / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D009609:Nitrous Oxide