Medical and surgical reports . sedand used by the writer. It has thus far been used only withether. It has been used for prolonged operative work incases such as incision of the jaw and tongue with ligation ofthe carotid artery for carcinoma, excision of the parotid, cleftpalate and hare-lip operations, trephining and intracranialexploration in head injuries, resection of the infra-orbitalnerve, et alii. It has shown such utility that its publicationseems justified. The apparatus consists of a double bulb and rubber tubesuch as is used with a Paquelin cautery (1) ; a 12-oz. glassbottle fitted
Medical and surgical reports . sedand used by the writer. It has thus far been used only withether. It has been used for prolonged operative work incases such as incision of the jaw and tongue with ligation ofthe carotid artery for carcinoma, excision of the parotid, cleftpalate and hare-lip operations, trephining and intracranialexploration in head injuries, resection of the infra-orbitalnerve, et alii. It has shown such utility that its publicationseems justified. The apparatus consists of a double bulb and rubber tubesuch as is used with a Paquelin cautery (1) ; a 12-oz. glassbottle fitted with a cork and glass tubes (2) ; a rubber tube »A New Apparatus for Continuing Anesthesia while operating on or in the Dr. Thomas Fillfthrown, , , Hoston, U. S. A. Dental Cosmos, Decem-ber, 1«95. The essentials of the Fillebrown apparatus, to which the writers attentionwas kindly recalled by Dr. (ieor^e 11. Monks, liave been considered in the apparatusdescribed in this article. 120 A METHOD OF A METHOD OF ANESTHESIA. 121 of such length as will conveniently reach from the bottle tothe patients face (3) ; a short piece of glass tube (4) toconnect (3) ; a piece of fairly heavy, moderately flexiblecopper wire (5) ; several rubber rings (6) (narrow sectionscut from the end of tube (3) and used to fasten (3) towire (5)). These are combined in the manner shown infigure. To use this apparatus the bottle is partly (about one-third) filled with ether. At the proper time the patientsend of the delivery tube (3) (previously sterilized) isconnected with the other portion of the apparatus by meansof the glass tube (4). Tiie wire (5) supporting the deliverytube (3) is so bent that the ether vapor escaping from it canbe directed towards the patients mouth and nostrils withoutimpeding the surgeon in his work, the hand of the etherizergrasping it at the loop, while he stands behind or at the sideof the patient. The ether vapor is then forced through thetube (3)
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