The art of anaesthesia . Fia. 18.—Patient in Trendelenburg Fig. 19.—Table in position for Trendelenburg position—feet straight. 40 ANESTHESIA On the other hand this position presents many distinctadvantages. It is the safest in which to administer chloro-form. Mucous and saliva which have collected in thepharynx drain off by gravity. In very sick cases the cere-bral circulation is thus best maintained. Patients, whohave been carried upon a comparatively light anaesthesiain the horizontal position,frequently come out somewhatwhen the head is lowered. The converse is also true. The pa
The art of anaesthesia . Fia. 18.—Patient in Trendelenburg Fig. 19.—Table in position for Trendelenburg position—feet straight. 40 ANESTHESIA On the other hand this position presents many distinctadvantages. It is the safest in which to administer chloro-form. Mucous and saliva which have collected in thepharynx drain off by gravity. In very sick cases the cere-bral circulation is thus best maintained. Patients, whohave been carried upon a comparatively light anaesthesiain the horizontal position,frequently come out somewhatwhen the head is lowered. The converse is also true. The patient should be returned from the Trendelen-burg position to the horizontal slowly. If the horizontalis obtained too quickly, cerebral anaemia and circulatoryshock may follow. Positions Favoring Paralysis (Figs. 22 and 23).—Inaddition to a pressure paralysis of the peroneal nerve,which has been taken up in connection with the Trendelen-burg position, we meet with two other rather common typesof paralysis, secondary to an improper position on thetable, namely,
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