Irish journal of medical science . in the use ofchloroform. I believe, he has recorded, that ether is altogether incapableof causing the sudden death, by paralysis of the heart, which hascaused the accidents which have happened during the administra-tion of chloroform. I have not been able to kill an animal in thatmanner with ether, even when I have made it boil, and administered it quite pure. I hold it, therefore, to be almost impossible that a death from this agent can occur in thehands of a medical man who is applying it with ordinary intelli-gence and attention. When we compare these obse
Irish journal of medical science . in the use ofchloroform. I believe, he has recorded, that ether is altogether incapableof causing the sudden death, by paralysis of the heart, which hascaused the accidents which have happened during the administra-tion of chloroform. I have not been able to kill an animal in thatmanner with ether, even when I have made it boil, and administered it quite pure. I hold it, therefore, to be almost impossible that a death from this agent can occur in thehands of a medical man who is applying it with ordinary intelli-gence and attention. When we compare these observations with the informationcollected by Mr. Morganb regarding the safe anaesthetic propertiesof ether, we feel constrained to observe that he would be prejudicedindeed who neglected to test the relative anaesthetic safety ofchloroform and this agent. The Dangers of Chloroform, and the Safety and Efficiency of Ether. By , , London : Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. 1872. Ibid. ; XI!.. Vol. I.\ No 15, p. 228. A.—Air opening. The amount of air to be admitted to the face-piece is regulatedby a sliding cap, having an opening of the same size as that in the tube on which itturns. At the beginning of the inhalation the inner opening may be fully exposed andgradually covered, by rotating the cap according as the air passages of the patientbecome accustomed to the vapour. E.—Ether box, to hold a little more than anounce and a half of ether. This box communicates with the face-piece by meansof a tube an inch in length and one inch and a half in diameter, the ether-box openingof the tube being two third* closed by a fixtd diaphragm. This prevents the fluid etherfrom passing into the tube when the patient is m the horizontal position. The face-piece opening of the tube has a diameter of one inch. The tube itself, in order toincrease the evaporating surface, should be nearly rilled with soft cotton candlewick,having, when in use, one end submerged in the fluid e
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