It was perhaps fitting that Lieut.-Colonel Edward Lawrie, should signalise the year of his retirement from the post of R,esidenc\r Surgeon at Hyderabad by the publication of a volume on Chloroform, a subject with which he has been identified for many years past, and in defence of his views on which, and those of his master Syme, he has fought non sine gloria for many }7ears. The introduction to...

for many years, gutta-percha has been the root canal filling material of choice. chloroform is one of the most efficient solvents widely used for gutta-percha removal in retreatment cases, despite being toxic and carcinogenic. the present case report discusses a chloroform extrusion through an existing perforation to the surrounding periodontal ligament space and subsequent necrosis in supporti...

Sir,?I have recently returned to a well-known firm of druggists in Rangoon a consignment of chloroform which was labelled chloloform pure B. P. (made from pure alcohol dbc." It appeared to take an excessive amount to ansesthetise : patients became very cyanotic with irregular breathing: the pulse was often weak : and many had much vomiting, and felt very ill for two days. A sample was sent to t...