Bromide of ethyl as an anaesthetic / by J. Frederick W. Silk.

  • Silk, J. Fredk. W. (John Frederick William), 1858-1943.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Bromide of ethyl as an anaesthetic / by J. Frederick W. Silk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    record in a strictly impartial manner my own experiences, and in the remarks which I am about to make in elucidation of this table I shall endeavour to be equally impartial, leaving each of yon to form your own opinion as to whether the drug is worthy of more extended trial. History.—The anmsthetic history, so to speak, of bromide of ethyl, is a veiy curious and in- structive one, but hardly comes within the scope of the present paper. In appendix B I have made a list of the most important authorities, and it will therefore suffice if I here mention that bromide of ethyl was first used as an amesthetic by Nunneley, of Leeds, in 1849; was again brought forward by him in 1865, and some years later its use was advocated by Turnbull and by Levis in America. For its introduction into dental work we are, I fancy, indebted to Schneider, of Berlin, and Herz, of Vienna. Properties.—It is not my intention to discuss in detail, either the physical and chemical proper- ties or the physiological action of the drug, but in the course of this inquiiy one or two points of practical importance liave cropped up, to which 1 feel bound to refer. In the first ])lace, when you ask for bromide of ethyl (air,Br.) be sure that your order is understood. By a mistake on the part of a