Annual and analytical cyclopaedia of practical medicine . Alliss inhaler (see illustration)can be recommended. Its perpendicularlinen partitions allow a free passage ofair, and when the patient inhales he re-ceives, if the instrument is properlyused, equal quantities of air and ether-vapor. A graduated bottle, such as that de-vised by Holtzclaw (see next page), isadvantageous. In the ground-glass stop-per there are, on opposite sides, twogrooves extending about half the lengthof the stopper. When wanted for use. 210 ETHER. ADMINISTRATION. the stopper is turned so that its groovescome in apposi
Annual and analytical cyclopaedia of practical medicine . Alliss inhaler (see illustration)can be recommended. Its perpendicularlinen partitions allow a free passage ofair, and when the patient inhales he re-ceives, if the instrument is properlyused, equal quantities of air and ether-vapor. A graduated bottle, such as that de-vised by Holtzclaw (see next page), isadvantageous. In the ground-glass stop-per there are, on opposite sides, twogrooves extending about half the lengthof the stopper. When wanted for use. 210 ETHER. ADMINISTRATION. the stopper is turned so that its groovescome in apposition with the air-hole onone side and with the groove in the neckon the other. This adjustment can beso regulated as to permit a stream toflow or only a drop every two or threeseconds. When not in use the stopper isturned half-way around. A combination of inhaler and gradu-ated bottle has been contributed byEosenberg, the construction of whichcan readily be understood by the illus-tration shown on the opposite page. Another excellent combination instru-. Graduated dropper. [Eoltzclaw, MedicalRecord.) ment is that of Vulpius, shown in theillustration on the opposite page. The preliminary application of a 5-per-cent. solution of cocaine by meansof an atomizer (a few puffs being suffi-cient) is of importance, as already stated,to avoid the reflex influence of the nasalnerve-supply, or a little nitrous oxidemay be given for the same purpose—anexcellent method, according to DudleyBuxton. The previous administration of nitrousoxide greatly facilitates the administra-tion of ether. George Eastes (Lancet,Apr. 12, 90). When nitrous oxide is given before ether, only sufficient should be given torender the patient partially insensible—till the sensation of lightness of thehead is induced. All the unpleasantnessof ether is thus lost. E. M. H. Rogers(Bristol Medieo-Chir. Jour., Mar., 95). Suggestion that patient be allowed tosmell at the ether-bottle or inhale fromthe inhaler, holding i
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