During the mid 1800s laughing gas was all the rage, used at parties, surgeries and medical sideshows. Then along came ether. Then chloroform. How did these gases become party favorites of the Victorians? How were they discovered? How did they become the anesthetics that we know today? Join us, and guests Kacie and Katelyn, as we laugh our way to the answers!

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