Infantile Atrophy

3073

℞ Extracti pancreatis.......gr. ij

M. To be taken in milk.

- Dr. J. Lewis Smith.

An Immediate Resuscitant

3081

℞ Amyli nitritis..........v

Administer by inhalation.

- Dr. John Burke.

Chloroform Poisoning

3082

Administer hypodermically one tenth grain of digitaline, followed an hour afterward with one-tenth grain of Atropia.

*Vide: On the cause of death under Chloroform, by Dr. G. P. Hachenberg, Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, November, 1881.

Ether By Inhalation

3083

The patient being freed from all restraint as to clothing, place the inhaler over the face, and add a few drops of ether, hardly enough to give a strong odor of ether. In a few seconds add a few more drops taking care not to give it in too concentrated a form at first. In a few minutes the patient takes deep respirations, and then add it more constantly, not too much to be offensive or objectionable to the patient, and not too little to be efficacious. - Dr. D. H. Allis.

3084

Let the patient lie on the sofa and take a sponge wet with ether in his own hand, directing him to hold the other arm up in the air. After breathing the ether a few minutes the arm will drop, and you will have from thirty to forty seconds of unconsciousness in which to operate.

Nitrous Oxide

3085

The best anaesthetic for many short operations. In administering nitrous oxide a plentiful supply of gas is essential to success There is no fear of patients inhaling too much at once. They should be told to breathe deeply and slowly. The administrator should always use a double valve inhaler, attached by a hose of large caliber directly to the reservoir of gas, so that a quite large column may pass directly to the patient. In this way the respiration is free, whereas if the column of gas is small the respiration is more or less labored. - Napheys.

Methylene Bichloride

3086

A drachm is usually sufficient to produce anaesthesia in two minutes. In its administration it is important to exclude rather than to admit air, and for this purpose a close fitting inhaler should be chosen. - Miall.

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Bromide Of Ethyl

3087

A favorable anaesthetic for short surgical operations. - Dr. Julian J. Chisholm whiskey.

3088

Give whiskey freely, to intoxication. Very little chloroform is then needed, or in minor operations none at all.

- Prof. John Lynk.

chloral. 3089.

℞ Hydratis chloralis....... 3 ijss

Aquae destillatae......... ℥ j

M. S. As an intravenous injection. The operation is to be conducted slowly. At first only 8 minims are to be injected. If the patient bears this, we may go on to 15 minims and so on, pausing at each division to watch for symptoms. The duration of the operation ought not to exceed ten minutes.

- Prof. Ore.

3090

To a child give from 15 grs. to 3 j of chloral, according to the age, in 3 iv of sweetened water. The sleep lasts from three to six hours.

- Gazette des Hospitaux.