. Modern surgery, general and operative. gh not afraid of them. Can an anesthetic be administered to a sleeping person without wakinghim? I know that chloroform can be so given, for I have succeeded in givingit to a child without breaking the slumber. Probably, in most cases, an attemptwill fail, but in some it will succeed. Stone (Cleveland ^Vled. Jour., Jan.,1902) reports successful administration to sleeping children and also the chloro-forming of a resident physician while asleep. Paugh (Jour. Am. Med. Assoc,Mav 18, 1901) reports three successes ^\dth children. Ether, because of theirritan
. Modern surgery, general and operative. gh not afraid of them. Can an anesthetic be administered to a sleeping person without wakinghim? I know that chloroform can be so given, for I have succeeded in givingit to a child without breaking the slumber. Probably, in most cases, an attemptwill fail, but in some it will succeed. Stone (Cleveland ^Vled. Jour., Jan.,1902) reports successful administration to sleeping children and also the chloro-forming of a resident physician while asleep. Paugh (Jour. Am. Med. Assoc,Mav 18, 1901) reports three successes ^\dth children. Ether, because of theirritant nature of its vapor, would be more apt to arouse a sleeper thanchloroform. Administration of Chloroform.—Chloroform should be given by ahighlv trained man only. In fact, safety in giving chloroform is dependent uponskill and experience more than in giving ether. No one should think of allowinganyone but a physician to give chloroform. The most dangerous periodis when the patient is incompletely anesthetized, but is going under. Most.
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