CHLOROFORM ADMINISTRATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 124, 26 May 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

CHLOROFORM ADMINISTRATION.

j The use of chloroform as an onaes- ' theiie, one of the greatest boons to suffering humanity ever Introduced, is j not without its risks, as reports of ; inquests in the newspapers occasioni ally remind us. The proportion of ', fatalities to administrations of the i drug is almost infinitesimal, but it : exists ;an'd, therefore, any improve i ment in the apparatus employed in the i use of chloroform is a matter of interest. Dr. George Flux, who has had : much experience as an anaesthetist ■at different hospitals, has devised an I instrument, which is described and I figured in a recent number of the | "Lancet," that claims to possess acl- ; vantages which tend to security of | results. It consists of a metal cylinder i stuffed with cotton wick, which is j,saturated with the volatile liquid. In I connection with it is an infiia-rubber j bulb, or bellows, which conveys tho ■ vapour to the mask which fits over | the patient's mouth and nose. There is also a slot in the attached tube which ] can be partially opened when required, Iso that the chloroform vapour can be i diluted with normal air'in any proportion desired. The instrument can also be used for the administration of many other volatile vapours employed in thte treatment of throat and chest affections.