Bromide of ethyl as an anaesthetic / by J. Frederick W. Silk.

  • Silk, J. Fredk. W. (John Frederick William), 1858-1943.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Bromide of ethyl as an anaesthetic / by J. Frederick W. Silk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    \_Repriuted from the Transactions of the OdoiHological Societi/ of Great Britain, for February, 1891.] Mr. President and G-entlemen,—^In America and on the Continent, and especially in Germany, Bromide of Ethyl has for some time past been held in high repute by dental surgeons. In this country, however, I know of no records of its systematic employment in a similar manner; I was, therefore, very willing to fall in with the suggestion made to me in the summer of 1889, by my friend and colleague Mr. Newland-Pedley, and endeavour to obtain some personal expe- rience of the action of this druar. O In laying before yon the record of my obser- vations, I am particularly anxious that it should uot be considered that I appear as an advocate for the indiscriminate use of the drug, or that I in any way suggest that we have in bromide of ethyl, an entirely satisfactory substitute for any of the agents usually employed for the purposes of the dental surgeon. In the table of cases