METHYL-ETHYL ETHER.
Methylene ether, C3H8O.
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].® 2000
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