title: The history of drug inhalation: a brief overview.
abstract: When anesthesia made its triumphant entry more than 130 years ago, it established inhalation as a major and important route for the uptake of drugs. A brief review of the colorful history of medicinal inhalations shows that man has inhaled at least as long as written records exist, not only to sustain life but also to modify life.
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001208:Asia; D005060:Europe; D005740:Gases; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America; D009812:Odorants; D012119:Respiration; D012646:Self Administration; D012906:Smoke
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics; D005740:Gases; D012906:Smoke