PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: methods of selecting an anesthetic that is selective for a specific anesthetic-sensitive receptor, and in particular, that potentiates GABAreceptors without inhibiting NMDA receptors; and methods of general anesthesia using the anesthetic selected by the methods.SOLUTION: A method of inducing anesthesia in a subject comprises administering to the subject via a respiratory system an effective amount of a compound or a mixture of compounds represented by formula V having a vapor pressure of at least 0.1 atmosphere (76 mmHg) at 25°C, where the number of hydrogen atoms in the compound V does not exceed the number of carbon atoms, and inducing anesthesia in the subject by the compound. [Rto Rare each independently H, halogen, methyl halide, or ethyl halide.]SELECTED DRAWING: None
METHODS OF INDUCING ANESTHESIA