Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Anaesthesia, Amusement

    Discusses the fashion for 'chemical evening parties' where chloroform is administered. Believes corresponding changes in party etiquette will include asking a 'young lady' if she would like, not ice, but 'a glass of chloroform'. Calculating that chloroform would be cheaper than food for a hundred people, doubts 'if Faraday would charge for a supper as much as Gunter'.