. Anaesthetics : their uses and administration. e ether supply can be obtained by a droppersuch as the one figured below (fig. 31) or an ordinary bottle canbe fitted with a cork in which two slots have been cut. I havemy ether placed in ^iv. bottles which, once opened, are never * The plan suggested is that which the author, after many trials of varioussystems, has elaborated and now usually employs, although Dr. Fergusons methoddescribed below possesses undeniable advantages. ETHER. l6l kept for a subsequent occasion. In one of these slots a fewstrands of wick thread folded together are passe
. Anaesthetics : their uses and administration. e ether supply can be obtained by a droppersuch as the one figured below (fig. 31) or an ordinary bottle canbe fitted with a cork in which two slots have been cut. I havemy ether placed in ^iv. bottles which, once opened, are never * The plan suggested is that which the author, after many trials of varioussystems, has elaborated and now usually employs, although Dr. Fergusons methoddescribed below possesses undeniable advantages. ETHER. l6l kept for a subsequent occasion. In one of these slots a fewstrands of wick thread folded together are passed so that it fallsto the bottom of the bottle and a free end hangs for one-quarterinch out of one of the slots in the cork. The other slot admitsair into the bottle. The cork must not be pressed in tootightly unless air can enter freely, or the ether will not readilydrop. The patients eyes are protected by a pad of lint andas soon as he is sufficiently dazed by the ether a few drops ofcastor oil are dropped into them so as to prevent the ether. Fig. 31.—Jacksons ether dropper. vapour setting up conjunctivitis. The cheeks and chin canbe protected if necessary from ether irritation by vaseline,oil, silk, or a folded towel, but unless the ether is poured ontoo rapidly this precaution is seldom required. A ring* madeout of spongiopiline with an aperture taking the mouth andnose answers very well as a protection against ether irritationand also prevents the possible bruising of the face by themetal mask. * I see that Sir Frederic Hewitt adopts a similar plan, but uses a gauze pad,which is possibly open to the objection that it is readily permeable to any etherleaking upon it.— Anaesthetics, 4th ed., p. 339. l62 The mask being placed in the best position is held by theleft hand which also supports the mandible, while the righthand holds the drop bottle. This is inclined to such an anglethat the ether falls drop by drop on to the gauze left exposed
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