TETRACHLORIDE OF CARBON AS AN ANÆSTHETIC.

Bichloride of Methylene as an Anæsthetic

Ajaoo, Chinese, aged 21 years, admitted August 5th with fungus testis of the right side. The operation for reduction was performed on the 24th August under the influence of the bichloride of methylene ; about 5vi. were administered during the operation, which is a rather tedious one,and aiuesthesia was apparently complete. He came under the influence of the anaesthetic readily, and recovered fr...

Chloroform as a Local Anæsthetic

a quick operation. Those who have used the syringe and one of the novocain preparations for local anaesthesia know how patients dread the ' poke\ Indeed the operation of securing anaesthesia is more painful than the actual extraction or the incision. This JS understandable because the tissues are inflamed a" round and the slightest touch, and much more a jabis exquisitely painful. Patients woul...

Laboratory Tests with Kemithal as an Anæsthetic in Monkeys

Carbon Tetrachloride in Helminthiasis

In the Journal of the American Mcdical Association of November 19th, 1921, there appeared a note by Maurice C. Hall on the use of Carbon tetrachloride for the removal of hookworms in animals. Dr. Hall is the senior zoologist, United States Bureau of Animal Industry, and he found this drug to be a powerful anthelmintic in dogs* and suggested its trial in human uncinariasis. Carbon tetrachloride ...

Carbon tetrachloride poisoning as a hazard of wig cleaning.