The development of inhalation anaesthesia : with special reference to the years 1846-1900... / [Barbara M. Duncum].
- Duncum, Barbara M.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The development of inhalation anaesthesia : with special reference to the years 1846-1900... / [Barbara M. Duncum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![morphine to be an advantage, when that last alkaloid is employed synergetically with chloroform With reference to the use of morphine with ether, however, Buxton stated that ' the method possesses disadvantages in its liability to induce prolongation of the stage of excitement. It Fig. i 18.—BUXTON'S MODIFICATION OF JUNKER'S CHLOROFORM INHALER In use c. 1888, showing the foot-bellows which he added to free one of the administrator's hands from the purely mechanical task of pumping a stream of air through the apparatus. The other hand was still needed to hold the facepiece in position. may induce very violent struggling and increase the after- headache, prostration, and vomiting. Kappeler,' Buxton added, ' who has experimented with this mixed method, states that he has completely failed in several cases in which he attempted to narcotize patients with ether subsequently to hypodermic injections of morphine. 4 It is not, however, clear whether Kappeler's results should be considered quite so absolute as his statements would lead one to suppose [cf. p. 399, footnote]. Certainly in cases at University](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20457200_0492.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
