The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Nitrous Oxide

Dodd, B. "Nitrous Oxide." New York Saturday Press, November 25, 1865, 258.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
editorial
Abstract

A somewhat silly letter to the editor initially claiming to be a surgeon writing to praise laughing gas, “nitrous oxide,” who eventually admits to being under the influence of laughing gas himself and to have lied about being a surgeon.