Ether
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Ether is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle during his studies at the Edinburgh University of Medicine (ca. 1876).
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote several poems on specific medical products (Opium, Tartar Emetic, Quinine, Ether, Arsenic, Corrosive Sublimate, Liquor Potassoe, Mercury...). Probably as a mnemonic technique.
Ether
Stimulates you quickly
Use it when you're sickly,
When pain or cramp prostrates us,
Or even for a flatus,
No remedy is finer
For spasm and angina.
