Anæsthetics : their uses and administration.

  • Buxton, Dudley Wilmot.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Anæsthetics : their uses and administration. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. I Historical—Nepenthes—Anaesthetics among the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Chinese—Opium—Cannabis indica—Carbonic dioxide—Anaesthesia by compression of blood-vessels—Ditto of nerves—Mesmerism—Hypnotism—Humphry Davy and nitrous oxide—Horace Wells* use of gas—Its introduction into London—Discovery of ether—Morton and ether—First administration of ether in London—Simpson’s employment of chloroform as an anaesthetic—Flouren’s researches— Snow—Clover’s work—Pollock and Haward’s work—The “Glasgow Committee”—The Nizam of Hyderabad—The Hyderabad Commission ...... CHAPTEB II. Preparation of a patient for an anesthetic and choice of the anaesthetic—Best time for giving anaesthetics— Directions about food—Dietary—Choice of anaesthetic for infants and children—For adults—For persons with pulmon-
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