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The New Anaesthestic

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Day
5
Month
August
Year
1870
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Public Domain
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Prof. John Darby, writing for the American Oroetr, anticipntcs that, nol long henee, tlio vial of ohloral will tate its plaoe beside the oamphor bottle and other household remedies displacing to a great degree, the paregoric and laudanum. Opium and its derivativos have had a high plaoe' ia the cstuctu of mankind ; aud aller centuries of usa, are toiliiy more highly prizod than ever before. Wo have feit cousoled that, in our ext en:cst agoines, we had wilhin our reach an agsnt that could arrest or mitígate oar sufferings, anrt gire us caso and quiet. But connootud witii the use of opium, tt'.erc aro sequéis that are disagrceable, Hoadache, icUness of t: o stoinach, loss of nppetite and other unpleasaut resulta are uure to follo'.v ts administration. How mueh more highly should wo eateem opium if these unplcasant consequeuce could ba avoided. It our piins could be relieved, aud our deliveter Ie ivb no stiug behind. Ohloral soenis to fuifill these conditiona. It produces reíreshing sleop from the most oxoruoiating paics and the slcepor uwakes as from a Latural sleep, with no unpleusant syiuptooiB from tho aetinn of the ehloral. Chloral was discovered by Liebig in 18IJ2, and stood more than thirty years in the list of recorded discoveriea, exoitinj; no interest ouUulu tLo field of chfmisiry. Ou the 2d of June, 18G9, it was brought Lefuro the Medical Society of liuilin, Prussia, as a new hypnotlo (produocr of slesp) and anoasthotio, by Dr. Otto Li breich. Puro Ohloral ia a oolorloss fluid with a sharp, pungeat taste and odor, not disagreeable. When unitod with one alom of water it becouies a white solid, retaining ts odor and tiistu. It is in thia form that it oceurs for use. It disülves rapidly ia water. It is not du aixsthutic, as chloroform, protoxidb of iiitrogen, and etber are, as it does not uuually produce inseusibüity when it producos sleep, u-iless givcn in largo quautitits. lts true iuilueuce is to produce sleep, aa natura'.ly astbougb thoj fiad takeu nothiug. Tho out ia said to lie down, adjuB her paw, ánd with hoi' aocustooied lou' purr, pass ioto the state of slet-p, aud afler five or six Lours, wake up imiurally, u from Lor aocuatomed slumber. Öo ia the Luniau subjeots, it produces a peacoful sleop of any Icngth ol time, depeuding en tbe doso given. Tbe fullowiug poiuts have been well establialied ia rogurd to eöicieut dose of' the bydrate of cbloni] : First - It produces deep sleep quickly aftcr administration. Second - The action produces no oxciteiaout. No bad cffects rcsult frora its aotion. Fêurih - The braio is first afiected, thi'u the lungs, and lastly the heart. Tho heart ia aid to beat, wken fatal dosefl have been tukon, aftar all othe funotions have coased.

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