The art of anaesthesia . m-plete anaesthesia (that type of anaesthesia without the stageof maintenance). The administration of ethyl chloride as a preliminaryto ether, and its use alone for short operations, is but amatter of degree. With the former our object is to destroyconsciousness; with the latter we go a step further andapproach the period of relaxation. Ethyl chloride is frequently used as a substitute forN20. Portability and cheapness are offered as reasons forthis. In view of the unquestionably greater safety of N2Oshowever, such a procedure is entirely unjustifiable. Thesituation is
The art of anaesthesia . m-plete anaesthesia (that type of anaesthesia without the stageof maintenance). The administration of ethyl chloride as a preliminaryto ether, and its use alone for short operations, is but amatter of degree. With the former our object is to destroyconsciousness; with the latter we go a step further andapproach the period of relaxation. Ethyl chloride is frequently used as a substitute forN20. Portability and cheapness are offered as reasons forthis. In view of the unquestionably greater safety of N2Oshowever, such a procedure is entirely unjustifiable. Thesituation is well put by Thomas D. Luke, who says The 181 182 ANAESTHESIA idea has got about among a large number of both the medi-cal and dental profession that ethyl chloride is a sort of aglorified N-O, which one may carry about in ones waist-coat pocket and administer to all and sundry, without anyspecial precaution or skill on the part of the administra-tor . . Nothing further from the facts could be imagined Fig. 93 Fig. Chloroform, Squibfe;
Size: 1552px × 1611px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectanesthe, bookyear1919
