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—— description of his “ready method”, 260–1

—— his “ready method” of artificial respiration tried in fatal cases from chloroform, 194, 196, 197

—— “ready method” applied in cases of death from amylene, 410–13

Haller on influence of the blood in the heart, 223

Hæmorrhage, a cause of death during inhalation of chloroform, 205, 282–4, 370–1

—— death from, during removal of tumour from jaw, 284–5

—— secondary, after operations, prevented by chloroform, 318

Hæmorrhoids, operations for, under chloroform, 305–7

—— why prevalent in the upper classes, 307

Hard drinkers, effects of chloroform on, 57–8

Hare-lip, operations for, under chloroform, 291–3

Harlequin, a, note concerning, 50

Harrison, Mr., observations by, in fatal case from chloroform, 175–6

Hawkesley, Dr., invention of mouth-piece for an inhaler by, 83

Hawkesworth, Mr. C. A., on tetanus treated with ether, 360–1

Hayward, Dr., operation by, on a patient narcotized by ether, 16

Head symptoms supposed as result of chloroform, 106–7

—— condition of, after death by chloroform, 246

Heart, diseases of, in relation to chloroform, 54

—— symptoms during recovery from chloroform, 56

—— fatal cases from chloroform inhalation during diseases of, 162, 165, 206

Heart, special influence of chloroform on, in different animals, 112–13, 114, 117, 122

—— human, special influence of chloroform upon, 115, 164

—— sudden death from paralysis of, from chloroform, 131, 138, 141, 143, 151, 156, 165, 178–9, 181, 186, 189, 196

—— condition of, during syncope, 223–5, 228

—— condition of, after death, from chloroform, 246

—— circulation in coronary vessels of, 262

—— paralysis of, in case of death from amylene, 409, 413

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