Davy And Nitrous Oxide
Humphry Davy’s experiments into the effects of inhaling nitrous oxide, which had culminated on Boxing Day 1799 with him taking the largest ever dose of the gas, began in April of that year. He was keen to allow others to experience this new form of consciousness expansion, inviting the future poet laureate, Robert Southey, to inhale the gas with him. Southey was an immediate convert, writing of…
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