Handbook of Anæsthetics

About this eBook

Author

Ross, J. Stuart (John Stuart), 1874-1944

Title

Handbook of anæsthetics

Original Publication

Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1919.

Credits

deaurider, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RD: Medicine: Surgery

Subject

Anesthesia

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 75985

Release Date

April 29, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HANDBOOK OF ANÆSTHETICS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF ANÆSTHETIC DRUGS. — Action upon the Nervous System.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. SHOCK AND ANÆSTHESIA. — Theories of Shock. — Yandell Henderson’s Acapnic theory of Shock. — Prevention and Treatment of Shock. — Treatment of Shock among the Casualties of the War. — Subcutaneous Infusion of Saline.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. ASPHYXIA OR ANOXÆMIA. — Common Causes of Mechanical Asphyxia. — The Physiology of Asphyxia. — Clinical Signs of Mechanical Asphyxia in the Anæsthetised Subject. — Prevention and Treatment of Asphyxia. — Treatment of Laryngeal Stridor.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. METHODS OF ANÆSTHETISING.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF THE PATIENT. — Stages of Anæsthesia. — The Ocular Reflexes in Anæsthesia. — The Observation of a Normal Case. — The Circulation in Anæsthesia. — Abnormal Phenomena in Anæsthesia. — Motor and Nervous System. — Respiratory Abnormalities. — False Anæsthesia.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. PREPARATION OF THE PATIENT. — Preliminary Hypodermic Medication. — Scopolamine-morphine. — Omnopon and Omnopon-scopolamine. — Heroin Hydrochloride
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. NITROUS OXIDE. — Special Physiology. — Apparatus. — The Care of the Nitrous Oxide Apparatus. — Administration. — Nitrous Oxide and Air. — Contra-indications to the Use of Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas. — Nasal Methods.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. NITROUS OXIDE AND OXYGEN. — Apparatus. — Hewitt’s Apparatus. — Administration. — Deficiencies of Hewitt’s Apparatus. — The Teter and Allied Machines. — Sight Feed Machine. — Administration of Gas-oxygen for the purposes of Major Surgery.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. ETHER. — Sources of Supply. — Physiology. — The Circulation. — Respiratory System. — Methods of Administration. — (1) Closed Ether. — (2) Open Ether. — III.— Vapour Anæsthesia. — Apparatus for the Vapour Method. — IV.— Rectal Etherisation. — Gwathmey’s Oil Ether Method.
15. 15.CHAPTER X INTRATRACHEAL INSUFFLATION OF ETHER — Certain Physical Considerations. — The Apparatus. — Advantages and Special Indications.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. CHLOROFORM. — Physical Characteristics. — Physiology. — Views of Goodman Levy. — Administration. — General Principles for giving Chloroform. — Methods of Administration. — Vernon Harcourt’s Inhaler. — Open Method. — The Junker Inhaler. — Advantages and Disadvantages of Chloroform.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. ETHYL CHLORIDE. — Physiology. — Methods of Administration. — Open Method. — Closed Method. — Administration. — Signs of Anæsthesia. — The Scope of Ethyl Chloride.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. MIXTURES OF NITROUS OXIDE AND ETHYL CHLORIDE. — Method of Use.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. MIXTURE OF CHLOROFORM AND ETHER. — Methods. — The Open (Drop) Method.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. SEQUENCES. — C.E. Mixture—Ether Sequence. — Nitrous Oxide and Ether Sequences. — Ethyl Chloride and Ether. — Scope.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE ACCIDENTS OF ANÆSTHESIA. — (A) Vomiting. — Symptoms and Treatment of Vomiting. — (B) Respiratory Dangers. — (2) Non-mechanical. —Respiratory arrest. — (C) Circulatory Failure, or Syncope. — A. Primary Syncope. — B. Secondary Syncope. — Syncope from Overdose. — C. Reflex Syncope. — Treatment of Syncope. — Status Lymphaticus. — Diagnosis. — Anæsthetics in Status Lymphaticus.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE SEQUELÆ OF ANÆSTHESIA. — Respiratory System. — Vomiting. — Prevention and Treatment. — Post-operative Acidosis. — Prevention and Treatment.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. POSTURE OF THE PATIENT. — Dorsal Decubities. — Face-down Position. — Lateral Position. — The Trendelenburg Position. — The Sitting-up Position. ( See Fig. 49 .) — O’Malley’s Position for Nasal Surgery. ( See Fig. 50 ).
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. CHOICE OF ANÆSTHETIC. — Normal Subjects. — The Extremes of Age. — Sex. — Physical Type and Temperament, and Habits of Life. — Special Operations and Pathological Conditions in the Patient. — Upper Air Passages. — Chest. — Circulatory System. — Acute Infectious Disease. — Exhausted and Shocked Cases. — Diabetes. — Genito-urinary System. — Menstruation, Pregnancy, and Labour.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. LOCAL ANÆSTHESIA. — Cocaine. — Novocaine. — Tropacocaine. — Stovaine. — Eucaine. — Quinine and Urea Hydrochloride. — Adrenalin. — Induction of Local Anæsthesia — Regional Anæsthesia. — Methods of Application of Infiltration and Regional Anæsthesia. — Operations on the Upper Extremity. — Operations on the Neck. — Operations on the Thorax. — Operations on the Abdomen. — Analgesia from the Application of Cocaine to the Eye or to a Mucous Surface.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. SPINAL ANÆSTHESIA. — Technique. — Complications and After-Effects. — Indications. — Contra-Indications — Analgesia Produced by Freezing.
27. 27.APPENDIX I. SOME EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS BY THE AUTHOR UPON THE PHYSICAL FACTS OF ETHER EVAPORATION.
28. 28.APPENDIX II. THE PERCENTAGE STRENGTH IN OPEN ETHER.
29. 29.APPENDIX III. THE ACTION OF ANÆSTHETICS UPON THE BLOOD. — The Blood Gases in Anæsthesia. — Other Blood changes in Anæsthesia.
30. 30.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES:

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