Cocaine.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1810, 22 March 1886, Page 3

Cocaine.

U the Editor of the Standard. Sir, — Allow me, through your valuable and largely circulated paper, to give year reader* an interesting secant «l Bay Mperimeot* with Cocaine ae a local anaetbetie, particularly when applied in a proper manner to the gum* in all dental operations. On my last visit to Greytowc 1 did not aae it, m t being quite certain of its action. Piece then I bate concluded many very interesting experiments, which hare proved moat successful. I, in the first place, operated on a sheep dog in the following manner Cocaine was placed on the game in eoaneetion with two other drags, and allowed to remain a short time, alter winch the gum was cut down to the bone without being felt in the least. This experiment wee repeated before a committee of gentlemen, much to their surprise, the same remit following the operation. I then applied it in the same way to my own gams, and extracted a lower stamp of s back tooth with little or no discomfort. Since then I have need cocaine continually as an anastbetic with the happiest result* Two very great advantages are obtained—first, no pain whate’er is felt in filling teeth, and very little in extractions. More often the operation is hardly felt, and there is no after unpleasant effects from its nee. I intend to visit Oreytown as •anal in a tew days, weather permitting, which fact will be duly observed in year advertisement. I am, Ac., E. P. Autsbcbt. Minto House, Master ton.