Part 55

Hernia, strangulated, operations for, under chloroform, 304–5

Herodotus on inhalation of narcotic vapours, 10, 11

Hewitt, Mr. Prescott, report of fatal operation for removal of tumour from jaw, 282–4

Hillier, Dr., report of a fatal case from chloroform, 170–2

History of anæsthetics, 1, 24

Hoa-tho, his use of Indian hemp for deadening pain, 4, 12

Hoffberg, use of mandrake as a narcotic, 4

Holmes, Mr. Thomas, on pyæmia and chloroform, 267

Hooping-cough, treatment of, by chloroform, 332; by ether, 360

Housz, Dr., oxygen inhaler of, 83

Hunter, Mr. John, death of, 227

Hydrocephalus, treatment of, by chloroform, 335

Hysteria, influence of chloroform in, 51–2

—— cases of, in which chloroform was administered, 51–2

—— after chloroform, 104–7; after amylene, 406

Hysterical paralysis and contractions treated by chloroform, 339–40

Idiosyncrasy, supposed case of, 96

—— supposed cause of death from chloroform, 231–2

Indian hemp as a narcotic, 4

—— fumes of, inhaled by Hindoos, 5

Inhalation, definition of, 25; reasons for, 26

—— agents administered by, 26; how to be performed, ib.

Inhalers for chloroform, description of, 81–86; diagram of, 82

—— of M. Charrière and Duroy, 85

—— of the author, use of, 86

—— for ether, diagram of, 349

Insanity, use of chloroform during, 57

Insensibility by chloroform, a process, 80