Assertion: chloroform's use | /r/HasProperty | abandoned in favor of the latter
Facets:
value: readily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: In the United States, chloroform did not replace ether as an anesthetic until the beginning of the 20th century; however, its use was readily abandoned in favor of the latter upon discovery of its undesirable toxicological properties and its propensity to cause sudden, fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a manner analogous to what is now termed sudden sniffer's death.