Nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia and anaesthesia in normal labor and operative obstetrics . ent, Applied asOUR Present-Day Obstetrics Indicate, areMany % It Should Have no III Effect, Im-mediate OR Remote, on either the MotherOR the Babe % It should Render True, Phy-sical Relief from Suffering and should beApplicable over a Long Period of TimeWithout any Influence upon Uterine Con-traction % It must Present to the Obstetri-cian A Patient in Satisfactory Condition forDelivery and to be Entirely Practical itMUST Admit of Convenient, Simple and Eco-nomical Use % Of all the Various Anaes-thetic Agen
Nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia and anaesthesia in normal labor and operative obstetrics . ent, Applied asOUR Present-Day Obstetrics Indicate, areMany % It Should Have no III Effect, Im-mediate OR Remote, on either the MotherOR the Babe % It should Render True, Phy-sical Relief from Suffering and should beApplicable over a Long Period of TimeWithout any Influence upon Uterine Con-traction % It must Present to the Obstetri-cian A Patient in Satisfactory Condition forDelivery and to be Entirely Practical itMUST Admit of Convenient, Simple and Eco-nomical Use % Of all the Various Anaes-thetic Agents now at our Command, NitrousOxide is Probably the Most Nearly AdaptedTO THE Fulfillment of these Qualifications. —Arthur E. Guedel. [6] The Necessary Qualifications for a Universally SatisfactoryObstetrical Analgesic and Anaesthetic ^ Mistakes in theRevival of Nitrous Oxide % The Vital Preliminary Knowledgeof the Physio-Pathology of Nitrous Oxide % Safety, Efficiency,Harmlessness and Flexibility of Nitrous Oxide % Its RapidElimination and Value Compared with Chloroform and Ether %. LTHOUGH REVIVED FOR USE at a time whenit had to compete with chloroform and ether anaesthesia,as well as with scopolamine-morphine amnesia, nitrousoxide-oxygen had to overcome and win its way in spiteof the most critical observations of its relative merits andits comparative safety. The Necessary Qualifications for a Universally Satisfac-tory Obstetrical Analgesic and Anaesthetic.—Any single anaes-thetic agent, says Guedel, which will prove universally satisfactory in allcases of obstetrics probably will never be found. The necessary qualificationsof such an agent, applied as our present-day obstetrics indicate, are should have no ill effect, immediate or remote, on either the mother or thebabe. It should render true, physical relief from suffering and should beapplicable over a long period of time without any influence upon uterinecontraction. It must present to the obstetrician a pati
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