THE CONTAGIOUS NATURE OF ANÆSTHETIC LEPROSY.

Nerve-Stretching in Anæsthetic Leprosy

all of them. In every case the operation was followed by benefit, as far as the area supplied by this particular nerve was concerned, which appeared likely to be permanent. The patients ceased attending the dispensary whenever the relief they experienced seemed to them.decisive, and therefore no notes of their final condition were obtainable, except in the present instance. But the result in th...

The Choice of Anæsthetic

IN the early days of anaesthesia, almost a full century ago, the sole requirement of an anaesthetic was that it should render the patient oblivious of the surgical procedure, or at least free from pain. LNowadays, however, the anaesthetic is required not only to do this, but also to facilitate the surgery by securing muscular relaxation in many operations; to vary his technique so that bad-risk...

Practical Anæsthetic

A Simple Anæsthetic Apparatus

In the apparatus about to be described I make no claim to originality in design. It has been my endeavour to find the simplest form of anaesthetic apparatus which could, with slight adaptation, be used with reliability for intra-tracheal, intra-pharyngeal, or intra-nasal induction using ether with air or oxygen. This apparatus has been in constant use for the past 33r years in certain Indian mi...

Modern Anæsthetic Practice