Artificial anæsthesia : a manual of anæsthetic agents and their employment in the treatment of disease / by Laurence Turnbull.

  • Turnbull, Laurence, 1821-1900.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Artificial anæsthesia : a manual of anæsthetic agents and their employment in the treatment of disease / by Laurence Turnbull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    prominent symptoms of chloroform-poisoning, causes of death and post-mortem appearances. A new ether inhaler has been described and illustrated, which has been, and is now, emploj'ed in the clinical service of Jefferson College Hospital. A bibliograph} published in the first edition has been omitted, but additional old or new works which were not then intro- duced, or cannot be found mentioned in the body of this work, have been printed for reference. A historical sketch of the discovery of anEesthesia at the end of the previous edition has also been omitted, as more space has been devoted to the subject in our introduction, but full references to all authorities on the subject have been given. There has been introduced a notice of the metric system in accordance with the recommendations of the ''American Med- ical Association at its last meeting, at Atlanta, in May, 1879 ; also a table of the Centigrade and Fahrenheit thermometric scales. More space has likewise been assigned to the phj^sio- logical and therapeutic action of anaesthetics in disease. In most of the instances where a remedy has been recommended, the authority has been quoted, or we have tested its therapeutic value in an extensive private practice, or in the daily clinics of two large public institutions. It was found impossible to acknowledge, in every instance,, the source from which all contained facts have been obtained, but in the majority of instances we have endeavored to give credit to every original worker in the field of progress. The author desires to acknowledge many courtesies at the hands of several eminent members of the profession ; but he is espe- cially indebted to his son. Dr. Charles S. Turnbull, and others. 1502 Walnut Steeet, Philadelphia, June, 1879.