Part 59

Nerves of sensation, division of, under chloroform, 294–5

Nervous system, action of chloroform upon, 44–8

Neuralgia, inhalation of chloroform for relief of, 189, 329–30

—— treatment of, by ether, 361

Nose, operations on, under chloroform, 298–9

Nunn, Mr. Roger, on case of alleged death from ether, 365

Operations, surgical, author’s experience of chloroform during, 271–318; lithotomy 271–4; lithotrity, 274–5; stricture, 275–6; amputation of thigh, 276–7; amputation of leg, 277; amputation of arm, 277–8; amputation of ankle, 278; amputations, other, ib.; for necrosis, 278–9; excision of head of femur, 279; excision of elbow, 279–30; excision of knee, 280; excision of wrist, ib.; for tumours of jaw, 280–7; for other tumours, 287–9; for nævi, 289; ligature of arteries, 289–91; tumour of bone, 291; hare-lip, 291–3; cancer of lip, 294; division of nerves, 294–5; on the eye, 295–8; on the ear, 298; on the nose, 298–9; in the mouth, 299; plastic operations, 300–1; raising depressed skull, 301–2; for ununited fracture, 302; for dislocations, 303; extension of stiff joints, ib.; tenotomy, ib.; strangulated hernia, 304–5; hæmorrhoids and prolapsus, 305–7; fissure of anus, 307–8; fistula in ano, 308; ovarian tumours, 308–9; cancer of vagina, 310; rupture of perineum, ib.; removal of testicle, 310–1; phymosis, 311; enlarged bursa, ib.; evulsion of nails, ib.; laryngotomy, 312; extraction of teeth, 313–18

Operations, surgical, repetition of chloroform during, 97

Operations fatal under chloroform, 120–200

—— of removing toe-nail, 123–7

—— of tooth extraction, 127–30

—— for fistula, 130, 132

—— of opening a sinus, 131–35

—— of removing middle finger, 135

—— of transcurrent cauterization of wrist, 135–6

—— intended, on great toe, 136

—— on rectum, 136–8

—— amputation of middle finger, 138–41

—— amputation of a toe, 141–2

—— for tooth extraction, 142–3

—— for onychia of great toe, 143–5

—— excision of eyeball, 145–6

—— of extraction of tooth, 146–147

—— intended, case not described, 147

—— for removal of portion of middle finger, 147–8

—— intended for hydrocele, 148–50

—— detection of vesical calculus, 150–1

—— for removal of portion of right hand, 151–2