Chloroform : its properties and safety in childbirth / by Edward William Murphy.

  • Murphy, Edward W. (Edward William), 1802-1877.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Chloroform : its properties and safety in childbirth / by Edward William Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTEE I. Introduction. PAGE Professor Simpson's Introduction of Chloroform as an Ansesthetic in 1848—Used by the Author with Com- plete ^Success in a Case of extremely difficult Labour, immediately after the Appearance of Dr. Simpson's Pamphlet—Prejudices against its Administration—Ob- jections both Moral and Medical—Hostility too violent —the Public gradually arrive at the Truth—it becomes generally employed—A Spirit of Inquiry excited in the Profession, to meet which the following Remarks are put together , . 1 CHAPTER II. Properties of Chloroform. One of many Hydro-Carbons that possess Anassthetic Pro- perties—Difference in their Mode of Action—Alcohol— Sulphuric Ether—Chloroform—Hydro-Cyanic Acid— Carbon the Anaesthetic Element—Action on the Animal Tissues—The Stomach, Lungs, Skin—Chloroform, conveyed by the Blood, but not incorporated with it —Blood not poisoned nor altered by Chloroform —Action on the Nerves—On the Cerebro-Spinal—On the Reflex—On the Ganglionic Nerves—Action on the Uterus—On the Heart—Death from Chloroform—Its Cause 8
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