Methyl-Ethyl Ether

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Authorities.

Effects of inhalation.

1 , Dr. Brookhouse, Br. Med. J., 1873, seven cases; 2 , Dr. Burroughs, Br. Med. J., 1870, three cases.

• The excitement was very slight, 1.
• All the cases were very troublesome, screaming and restless, 2.
• Pupils medium sized and fixed, 1.
• Pupils contracted, 1.
• Face suffused and purple; capillary congestion was marked, 1.
• Face flushed, 1.
• Face flushed; the lips purple, 1.
• Became very blue, but recovered very rapidly, 2.
• Face pale, 1.
• Subsequently sick, 1.
• Very slight sickness, 1.
• Very sick, subsequently, 1.
• Respiration slow and feeble, 1.
• Pulse 120, before administration (he was nervous and frightened); it fell 16 per minute during insensibility, 1.
• Pulse 104, before the operation; it fell to 78 during the inhalation, and was unsatisfactory in quality, 1.
• Pulse before the operation 96; it fell to 68, and was small and weak, 1.
• Pulse before the operation 84; fell to 60 during the anæsthesia, and became intermittent, 1.
• Pulse fell away quickly, 14 beats per minute; he was allowed to recover, when the pulse rose 20; was put under a second time without any alteration of pulse, 1.
• Anæsthesia in a minute and a half; the time of operation three minutes; recovery in five minutes, 1.
• Anæsthesia in two minutes; recovery quick, 1.
• Anæsthesia produced in two minutes; the time of operation was six minutes; she recovered in four minutes, 1.
• Anæsthesia was produced in three minutes; the time of operation was two minutes; the time of recovery was four minutes, 1.
• Anæsthesia in three minutes; under its influence three or four minutes, when he was allowed to recover; he was put under a second time; the time of recovery was four minutes, 1.
• Anæsthesia in five minutes; under its influence eight minutes, 1.
• Anæsthesia in eight or ten minutes; operation in five minutes; recovery quick, 1.
• Incomplete anæsthesia, 2.
• None became perfectly anæsthetized, 2.
• No complete anæsthesia after two minutes and a half had elapsed, 2.
• Insensible for a few seconds, 2.
• During partial unconsciousness, manifested feelings of a sensuous character, 1.