Victorian illustration depicting effects of laughing gas makes science look like a wild party
In the age before warning labels and liability waivers, scientific experimentation often looked like something between a séance and a rave. Case in point: this glorious 1807 illustration from a University of Pennsylvania dissertation titled "The Effects of Breathing Nitrous Oxide," unearthed by the ever-fascinating Public Domain Review.
From The PDR:
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