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New Method of Giving chloroform.

--The British Medical Journal says:

‘ At a recent meeting of the Obstetrical Society, Dr. Simpson described a plan of administering chloroform, which he has now adopted in preference to that at present in use here. The present mode is to fold up a handkerchief and pour into the hollow a quantity of chloroform, and then hold it at some distance from the face, so as to admit of atmospheric air being inhaled along with the vapor. The new plan is to lay a single layer of handkerchief over the face, and let the chloroform fall on it drop by drop. The advantages are these: 1. That there is less danger to the patient from the small quantity applied at a time. 2. That an æsthesia is more speedily produced 3. That the quantity of chloroform required is less.

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The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1862. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 7, 1862. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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