A text-book of practical therapeutics . fill with mucus that there is danger ofthe patient drowning in his own secretions. A full dose of atropine,which checks secretion, given hypodermically, is useful at such times,and may be used beforehand as a prophylactic. Sometimes after an anesthetic is given the patient is found to havea monoplegia. This is not due to the anesthetic, but to pressureexercised upon the nerve supplying the part during the is a true pressure-palsy. Administration.—In giving an anesthetic it is of the greatest import-ance that the patient shall not be frighte
A text-book of practical therapeutics . fill with mucus that there is danger ofthe patient drowning in his own secretions. A full dose of atropine,which checks secretion, given hypodermically, is useful at such times,and may be used beforehand as a prophylactic. Sometimes after an anesthetic is given the patient is found to havea monoplegia. This is not due to the anesthetic, but to pressureexercised upon the nerve supplying the part during the is a true pressure-palsy. Administration.—In giving an anesthetic it is of the greatest import-ance that the patient shall not be frightened or made nervous by itstoo free use at first, and it is better in nervous women and childrento produce anesthesia while they still remain in bed, so that the sightof the operating-room will not disturb them. By this means notonly nervous strain is avoided, but fearful nightmares while underthe effects of the drug are prevented. The greatest gentlenessshould be exercised and the mind diverted, if possible, by somepleasant
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