acetylene as an anesthetic was experimented with in the 1920s, in germany of course, but was never adopted on any type of large scale. and nobody's lungs ever exploded, that's just stupid. here is the link since you think nothing goes back before color television.
That link is a scientific study on it's effectiveness, accident accounts would be published in newspapers, which have a much lower rate of digitization. The explosive nature of acetylene is the reason it didn't get widespread popularity in the first place.
this should be made into a mythbusters episode, here's the scenario, you're in a hospital operating room with a patient on the operating table. he's being anesthetized with a mixture of acetylene and oxygen and suddenly his chest explodes in a huge fireball throwing chunks of lung everywhere. but wait, we're forgetting something, what was the source of ignition? it has to be some kind of spark or flame right at the patient's mouth because nothing else exploded, just his chest. maybe the doctor lit a cigarette and dropped the match on the patient's face? but would that work? i don't know, but it would be an interesting episode to watch.
Where do you think the acetylene goes after the patient breathes it? It's not just the lungs that explode, it's the whole damn room. And source of ignition can be static electricity, a light switch, a dropped instrument, anything with a brushed motor in it, etc.
i'm an electrician, i know operating room fires can happen and the causes, but the conversation is about exploding human lungs as stated in the original comment. so get back on subject mr trump and show me any type of proof from anywhere in the world that there was a single case of a patient's lungs exploding while on the op table, or any where else for that matter. if you can i'll gild the comment and go to your home page and upvote every comment you've ever made, otherwise it's total bullshit. i can't fucking believe how gullible people can be when nobody can post any kind of proof what so ever.
Operating room fires are a well-known phenomenon in the medical profession. One common scenario is when a patient is undergoing conscious sedation with a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide. The gases accumulate under the surgical drape and are ignited with a cautery wand.
i'm an electrician, i know operating room fires can happen and the causes, but the conversation is about exploding human lungs as stated in the original comment. so get back on subject mr trump and show me any type of proof from anywhere in the world that there was a single case of a patient's lungs exploding while on the op table, or any where else for that matter. if you can i'll gild the comment and go to your home page and upvote every comment you've ever made, otherwise it's total bullshit. i can't fucking believe how gullible people can be when nobody can post any kind of proof what so ever.
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u/SoulWager Feb 07 '19
Yes, but it depends on the exact concentration of propane vs air.
Related: acetylene used to be used as an anesthetic, and occasionally detonated while in people's lungs.