Talk:John Mervin Nooth

A fact from John Mervin Nooth appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 July 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Nooth apparatus, originally invented to produce carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering anaesthetic drugs?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:32, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Example of a Nooth apparatus

... that the Nooth apparatus (example pictured), originally invented to produce carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering anaesthetic drugs? Sources: Zuck, 1978: "The two earliest inhalers devised for the administration of ether anaesthesia in the U.K. (Hooper's and Squire's apparatus) both incorporated the bottom part of a Nooth's apparatus... his apparatus was one of the very first to be designed to produce, for medicinal purposes, what may inclusively be called carbonated waters"; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "A modified form of Nooth's apparatus was used in December 1846 to administer the ether in the first-known employment of a general anaesthetic in a surgical operation"

Reviewed: Leah (metal musician)

Moved to mainspace by Spicy (talk). Self-nominated at 11:55, 21 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I've only done a couple DYKs so if you have any comments or concerns about any parts of my review feel free to let me know. Rizzle13 (talk) 20:17, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]