Part 57

Letheon, Morton’s term for ether, 18

Liebig, Dr. Justus, on analysis of chloroform or liquid chloride of carbon, 27

—— proposed name of perchloride of formyle, 28

Liégard, on deadening pain by compression, 9

Ligature of arteries under chloroform, 289–91

Limbs, state of, under chloroform, 89

Linnets, experiments on, with ether, 352–3; with amylene, 381–2

Lip, cancer of, operation for, under chloroform, 294

Liston, Mr., first operations on patients etherized, 18

—— case of fatal operation from hæmorrhage, 284

Lithotomy, administration of chloroform for, 271–4

Lithotrity, administration of chloroform for, 274–5

Lonsdale, Miss, first patient who inhaled ether in England, 18

Lopez, Dolorès, supposed death of, from ether, 369

Lungs, diseases of, administration of chloroform during, 53

—— condition of, after death from chloroform, 245–6

Mackenzie, Dr., of Kelso, on a case of death from chloroform, 200

Majer, Dr., on a fatal case from chloroform, 161

Malgaigne, M., opinion of, on the case of Mdlle. Stock, 133

—— case by, of death from chloroform with exhaustion, 204

Mandragora, narcotic effects of, 1, 2; antidote for, 2

Mandrake, once used as a narcotic, 4

Mania, treatment of, with chloroform, 342

Marshall, Mr. Peter, the author’s experiments with, 117–20

—— on case of death from fright, 203

Masson and Triquet, action brought against, for causing death by imprudent use of chloroform, 200

Maygarth, Mr., on a case of death from chloroform, 147

Meals, rules regarding the, before inhalation of chloroform, 75