Part 42

Arteries, coronary, circulation of the, 262

Artificial respiration, value of, 121, 251–7, 260

—— —— applied in cases of death from chloroform, 139, 144, 151, 156, 159, 163, 166, 167–8, 173, 179, 181, 183, 185, 187–8, 190–1, 194, 196–7, 207, 210

Artificial respiration applied in case of death from amylene, 410–413

Arteries, ligature of, under chloroform, 289–291

Aschendorf, Dr., on alleged fatal case from chloroform, 204–5

Asphyxia idiopathica, 226

Asphyxia, death from, 235

Asthma, treatment of, with chloroform, 331

Athletics least susceptible of chloroform, 50

Augustus of Poland, operation on, without pain, 8

Aurelianus Cælius on mandragora, 3

Balard, Professor, discovery of amylene, 372

Balloon for inhalation of chloroform, 80

Barlow, Mr. W. F., report on case of alleged death from chloroform, 208

Barrière, M., case of alleged death from ether, 364

Bath warm, use of, in fatal case from chloroform, 159

Beddoes, Dr., administration of gases in disease, 14

—— —— his pneumatic institution at Bristol, ib.

Bell, Mr. Jacob, on chloric ether, 20

Belladonna, effects of, 4

Berthé, M., discovery of amylene, 378

Bickersteth, Mr., on supposed effect of surgeon’s knife on pulse, 240–3

—— —— on the pulse during inhalation of chloroform, 249–50

—— —— cases of resuscitation from over effects of chloroform, 253–6

Bigelow, Dr., use of sulphuric ether as an anæsthetic, 18

—— —— administration of chloric ether by, 20

Birds quickly affected by chloroform, 70