Part 40

Academy of Medicine of Paris, reports by, 132–4

Accidents from chloroform, treatment and prevention of, 248–62

Age, influence of, on effects of chloroform, 49, 50

Age in fatal cases from chloroform, 230–1; from amylene, 401–2

Air, saturation of, with chloroform vapour, 68, 123; with amylene, 376

—— amount of, in lungs, 108

—— respired during chloroform, 108

Allen, Mr., on a fatal case from chloroform, 195–6

Alleged fatal cases from chloroform, 201–12

Ammonia, use of, after chloroform, 104

—— use of, during accidents from chloroform, 258

Amputations under chloroform of thigh, 276–7; of leg, 277; of arm, 277–8; of the ankle, 278; of other parts, ib.

Amylene, first application of, by author, 23

—— applications of, in Paris, Strasbourg, and Lyons, 24

—— discovery of, 372; preparation of, ib.

—— chemical and physical characters of, 373–7

—— volatility of different specimens of, 416

—— experiments with, 378–86

—— administration of, for operations, 386, 400

—— administration of, in parturition, 394–7

—— mode of administration of, 386–7, 405–6, 416

—— symptoms produced by, 399, 400

—— spasms and rigidity from, 401–2

—— does not produce vomiting, 406–7

—— effects of, on different persons, 401–2

—— effects of, on author, 384

—— amount of, required to produce insensibility, 384

—— effects of, on the heart, 384