CRANIOTOMY UNDER LOCAL ANæSTHESIA

Local Anæsthesia

on the cadaver and practical demonstrations. The first two chapters deal with the local anaesthetic drugs used, the types of local anaesthesia, the advantages and disadvantages of local anaesthesia, the preparation of the patient, instruments, and of the solution. Separate chapters describe the various methods in the head, neck, thorax, abdomen, subperitoneal organs, upper extremities and lower...

Local Anæsthesia in Dental Surgery

The Practice of Local Anæsthesia

hazards which he may often be called upon to encounter. This book is an effort to bring the subject more into the light, and it is well written. The work is divided into two sections, part I dealing with general principles and part II with their practical application. Of these the first is better than the second. It makes a very creditable effort in the discussion of the modus operandi of these...

Radical Cure for Inguinal Hernia under Local Anæsthesia *Rearranged by Editor.

A Mohamedan male, aged about 40 years, was admitted into the dispensary with a rightsided inguinal hernia, of about three years' duration. He was prepared for operation next day. On the morning of the operation, he was given l/6th grain of morphia hypodermically after an enema and the same dose was repeated half an hour before the operation. Four ounces of novocaine solution of a strength of fo...

Local Anæsthesia : Its Scientific Basis and Practical Use

is central and not peripheral. After an account of the instruments and solutions used, the general technique of conduction anaesthesia, of the anaesthetisation of skin areas, tumour bases and deep lying operative fields is described and illustrated by clear diagrams. The author then takes up the application of his methods to the various regions of the body. In each case there is a brief but ade...