An account of a new anaesthetic agent, as a substitute for sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery / By J.Y. Simpson.

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.
Date:
1848
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Credit: An account of a new anaesthetic agent, as a substitute for sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery / By J.Y. Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    *( V TESTIMONIALS. We have been kindly favored with several communications on Chloroform, from which we select the following, as the re- mainder are all to the same purpose. RUSHTON, CLARK, & CO. From Valentine Mott, M. D. To Messrs. Rushton, Clark, & Co. Gents.—In reply to your note relating to my experience with Chloro- form ; directly on my receiving the pamphlet from Professor Simpson, of Edinburgh, I requested a friend to have-jnadg «for me the Chloroform which is so highly sppkefr If by nifites a means of EBherization, this was, speedily obtVned \since which time*I have repeatedlyVised it in a num- ber of important and very painfuJ,s»rgi^«l d^rarrons. My conviction is that a muchsmatter Quantity trln^of Ether is necessary to produce the full\ffeat, which is more lasting\and attended with much less excitement and less irritation of the larynx than is p^odiJciffdb^ Bfh'sr. In several of the ; was induced attend or follow Very respectfully, Depau Place, February 10th, 184S. V. MOTT. ■mill J.E0O 1W1IWM/U V* l>— i^ij-. .. ;«^«UUv.UUJ («l> * patients.there has been flight vomiting before the full effect' butfin no csk have I seeHany unpleasant consequences atte itsTram'rnistration. ^ Very respec From Willard Parker, M. D. To Messrs. Rushton, Clark, & Co. Gents.—Your request, that I give you my experience in the use o^ Chloroform has just come to hand. I have employed it within the last month in twelve cases, all surgical, with the exception of one case of hysterical convulsions. Three cases were operations for Prolapsus Ani, Hemorrhoids, and Fistula in Ano- In another instance I used it while operating for Necrosis upon the arm. I also employed it in an attempt to reduce an old Luxation of six months standing, at the elbow, an exceedingly painful operation. In all the above cases it was entirely successful in rendering the patient insensible to pain, and so far as my own observations go, I very much prefer its use to that of Ether. 1st. Because patients are brought under its influence more readily, and with less violent excitement. j 2d. Because it is a more reliable as well as economical agent. 3d. Its effects more readily pass off, and the patient's nervous system is left tranquil and natural. 1 think, from what I have seen, when this new anaesthetic agent is used with care and judgment, it saves the nervous system in a great degree from the shock of the operation, and thus removes danger and promotes a more speedy recovery. Yours very truly, 745 Broadway, February 9th, 1848. w. PARKER.