Description and illustration of an ether inhaler for the inhalation of ether as an anaesthetic : with a few observations upon a mixture of chloroform and spirit of wine for producing anaesthesia / by B. Wills Richardson.

  • Richardson, Benjamin Wills.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Description and illustration of an ether inhaler for the inhalation of ether as an anaesthetic : with a few observations upon a mixture of chloroform and spirit of wine for producing anaesthesia / by B. Wills Richardson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    In conclusion, may I observe, that in the present medico-legal aspect of the relative safety of ether over chloroform for the pro- duction of anaesthesia, it would not, perhaps, be injudicious, upon the part of the administrator, to permit the patient to select the anaesthetic. Since this description of the Inhaler appeared in the Dublin Journal of Medical Science, I have increased the capacity of the ether box to three ounces, and have had an oval air-opening half an inch long, made at about an eight of an inch from its upper margin. By rotating the lid, which has a similar shaped opening- in its side, the admission of air can be easily regulated. The anhydrous sulphuric ether which I have found to produce the most rapid anaesthesia was the manufacture of Dunne, of London. The Inhaler is kept in stock by the Messrs. Fannin, Grafton-st., Dublin.