Effects of chloroform and of strong chloric ether, as narcotic agents / [John Collins Warren].

  • John Collins Warren
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1849
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Credit: Effects of chloroform and of strong chloric ether, as narcotic agents / [John Collins Warren]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    20 In a Review in the “London Medical Gazette” for Sept. 1848, page 424, a quotation is made from “‘ Remarks on the Employment of Anesthetic Agents in Midwifery,” by G. T. Gream, in which he says : — “‘ For they should know that fatal con- sequences have ensued from the use of chloroform during parturition.” We have thought it right to mention this allu- sion; but, as there is uncertainty about it, it should not be considered, in the present state of our infor- mation, as a well-authenticated statement of death from chloroform. It seems a little remarkable, that in these cases, and also in some others mentioned above, in which it could scarcely be doubted that chloroform was the cause of death, no examina- tion of the dead body was made, or at least none reported. M. Malgaigne, in the “ Proceedings of the French Academy of Medicine”’ for October 31, 1848 (vide “Gaz. Med. de Paris” Nov. 18), reports a case as follows : — ““ A man, wounded in June, had the neck of the humerus broken by a ball, which was lost in the flesh. Two abscesses formed, and were opened without discovery of the ball. Finally, gangrene appeared in the wound, and the patient was sinking under secondary hemorrhage. Having at length decided to attempt the scapulo-humeral disarticula- tion, with scarcely any hope of saving him, but rather to prevent him from dying of hemorrhage,