Artificial anaesthesia and anaesthetics . nd expand thecavity of the thorax. The method advocated by Marshall HaU differs fromthis in the production of expu-atiou and inspii-ation by roUing the body,first upon its face during compression of the waUs of the thorax, and thenupon its back druing the withdrawal uf pressure. This process, whichwas supposed to prevent obstruction of the pharjoix through falUng backof the tongue, is not so satisfactory as the method previously described. Great importance is usually attached to the expedient of drawing for-ward the tongue whenever respiration is arres
Artificial anaesthesia and anaesthetics . nd expand thecavity of the thorax. The method advocated by Marshall HaU differs fromthis in the production of expu-atiou and inspii-ation by roUing the body,first upon its face during compression of the waUs of the thorax, and thenupon its back druing the withdrawal uf pressure. This process, whichwas supposed to prevent obstruction of the pharjoix through falUng backof the tongue, is not so satisfactory as the method previously described. Great importance is usually attached to the expedient of drawing for-ward the tongue whenever respiration is arrested in the auitsthetic recent investigations made by Dr. Benjamin Howard, of London (Laii-cei, May 22, 1880, p. 790), indicate, however, that this operation is of no TREATMENT OP THE ACCIDENTS OF ANAESTHESIA. 53 more value than any other peripheral irritation of the superficial nerves ofthe body. By a series of careful experiments upon the dead body. ascertained that the epiglottis, when relaxed and collapsed, cannot. Fig. 1.—Pressing and draining water from the Inngs and stomanli. be raised from the glottis by the act of drawing forward the tongue. Ifthe ejiiglottis could thus be raised, that act alone would accomplish no goodresult for the patient. The chest must be compelled to expand, in orderto effect the introduction of air through the most patulous glottis. This
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