Part 41

—— time of inhalation of, to produce insensibility, 397

—— effects of, on consciousness, 398–403

—— promptitude of action of, 403

—— effects of, on respiration and circulation, 400

—— —— —— on the salivary glands, 400

—— chloroform, and sulphuric ether, effects of, compared, 403–5

—— after-effects of, 406–7

—— fatal cases from inhalation of, 408–16

—— amount of vapour of, inhaled in fatal cases, 415

Amylene, author’s prediction regarding safety of, 417

—— mode of administration of, by M. Rigaud, 417–18

—— Mr. Clarke’s remarks on, 418;

—— Dr. Debout’s remarks on, ib.

—— Professor Tourdes’ remarks on, ib.

—— author’s computation of safety of, ib.

—— M. Giraldis on use of, 419

—— M. Jobert de Lamballe on use of, ib.

Anæsthesia, modes of production of, 40–1

Anæsthetics, definition of, 34–5

Ancients, views of the, 3

Animals, various, experiments on, with narcotic vapours, 60 to 73

Anus, operations on, under chloroform, 307, 308–9

Animation suspended by chloroform, treatment of, 251–62

Apuleius on effects of mandragora, 2

Apoplexy, administration of chloroform after, 57

Aretæus’ description of mandragora, 3

Arnott, Dr. James, statistics of operations before and after introduction of etherisation, 265–7

—— on pyæmia following chloroform, 267