METHOD OF ADMINISTERING ANÆSTHETICS.
NEW DISCOVERY. Dr. Gwacuniai. an anaesthetist at the Skin and Cam m Hospital in New York, bn- di-< <oci < d a new method of atlniinmlcmia < hlorofoim and ether, rctliu .’ig the i i-k ot death to ml. and eliminating the after nausea in 9o per cent, of the eases. The method, whuh hi- i'tenth bet n used in 6oov eases in a number ot hospitals throughout the <<mnt \. consist' .n pt'-inu tin- .maesthf t.■ through water warmed siightlv < \<r ht.it bi'tn'e .i.iiiiiiibli i.iiu 't to the patient. This i< accomplished b> a 'imp!' aup.u atu- optiattd by afoot p.imn Tl.t w.itu i« ji« rcertain impurities, mainly aldehvue. which tend to cause nati-t t. wlu'-t the anaesthetic, being ot the ternperatute of the bode wluii nhah I does not < au-e an;. -h<>< k to t:.<- system 3' piodliccd by the old :n«tl.<>(( of breathing told illiei and <bh >'• form. Dr. Gwathmay savs that an infant of th'ee days old <an sifelc be anaesthetised, while all patients can be made comp-Co'y tiucon-.ciou' in file m.’nutes without s.nously affecting the kidneys, heart or lungs.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 49, 10 February 1912, Page 7
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