Operative surgery . e pushed at once to avoid this unpleasant result. How to prepare the Adfninistrator of an Anmsthetic.—Often, indeed,too little importance is attached to the giving of an anaesthetic. This postof responsibility is slighted when it is permitted to be occupied by one not THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 13 thoroughly competent to judge promptly and accurately of the effects ofanaesthetics, and qualified to apply at once the necessary means to neutralizeany unfavorable influences caused by them. The common custom of mosthospitals in this coun-try assigns the givingof the anajsthetic
Operative surgery . e pushed at once to avoid this unpleasant result. How to prepare the Adfninistrator of an Anmsthetic.—Often, indeed,too little importance is attached to the giving of an anaesthetic. This postof responsibility is slighted when it is permitted to be occupied by one not THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. 13 thoroughly competent to judge promptly and accurately of the effects ofanaesthetics, and qualified to apply at once the necessary means to neutralizeany unfavorable influences caused by them. The common custom of mosthospitals in this coun-try assigns the givingof the anajsthetic to thejunior member of thestaff. I am convincedthat this practice isopen to serious objec-tion, as it happens notinfrequently that the proper giving of the anaesthetic is a matter of greatermoment than the performance of the operation demanding its use. At allevents, I feel justified in saying that a perfunctory selection of one to givean anaesthetic is always an injudicious act, even though the protecting influ-. FiG. 2.—Mathieus tongue-holding forcep
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