New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
DISCUSSING THE NEJv AN-ESTHETIC
MANY WORDS OF PRAISE FOR C0CAINE-RELAllNO
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.
The County Medical Association held q meet

INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS.
The County Medical Association held meet
ing last evening the College Of Physicians ana sur
reons Dr. F. Moore read paper upon the new an@s-
thetic hydrocuorate Of He stated how 1t Is
used by the natives OF South America to give
them great powers Of endurance, IN cHmpihs
steep mountains and making long Journeys upon ioot'
and then traced the history of the accidental discovery
of its anasthetic properties by German student.
Coming TO his individual experience he said
have known it to be used in operations upon the
which included variety Of ailments nearly all that the
eve is subject and have been surprised to see uni
form success. II properly be classed among the
great discoveries of the nineteenth century Since its
use has become general upon the eye many
experiments have been made with it upon other portions
of the body II has peculiar astrngcnt effect upon the
mucous membranes The nervous centres are an@sthzed
by hvpodermic injections OF the per cent solution.
II has been used narcotic the throat aud larnyx
when covered with ulcers with wonderful success. By
few drops applied large ulcer upon the vocal CORDS
has been removed without danger or the least distress
ing symptom 1t has opened mp new field for surgical
that bids fair revonuonze the science
in many particulars. IN minor surgical
operations much already been done to render part
anesthec by injecting cocaine into the govern
ing sensation Ihave used with success upon an infant
two and half months old II will become Of great bene-
M In dental operations and will take the place Of laugh
ing gas By simcy rubbing upon the guns or dropping
into the tooth cavity al sensation Is destroyed. have
cured cases OF violent headache by dropping cocaine
into the eye, which influences nerves leading to brain
cejr IS y ~ Jonn i,uusa continued the evidence IN
favor nf coraine. d" n n wonderfully he san, " now
oncAv hthalmologiss have seized upon TINS anas-
thec aud without any dissenting voices " mas hAh
ished the cone aud destroyed pain. In performing oP-
crotlo sometimes yet 10 resort 20 eih'
heina those cases where the puent r.
.o irritable and will not keep stl, even thonsh
there pain felt How pleasant n BE- 10 the pN stefan
now whufhe Is using the knife, forceps anu hook io
,uNrrs, plcasantlv with patient upon soue ln'e-ne
tulir what grand advance in surgery nave l"i-
f,iui.d over forty operations with cocaine ann url
have a been attended with surprising sncce4-. ha"
rolp nf child only siV toafa eff aae VINO h'1 lo
le carried 10 iha table STRUGGLING Violently. After eco
c,inu was uarl he made un resistance Che knife Ne- run
ihnueh tho lvloate membranes oi the eve VIM" iN'
t,, smilel anil after the operation wac over
hp said a. fyt like susht prick of rin ih'No uleh
iu acute mhanmatiDua eft the tmpanum w. am hnt YET
sst7Hrd "a to iia true place ga uiaprniiN ha"ni
los William n fuk said " The hrHt mnihWi io army
euaahn is b., uiottinu nfrt ifpl Nt Vt7hih4 hUt
without satisfaction have removed Wire sutnhuH
ANN ii.tr.ss tn thr patient hal uhv
lar.er umor ia tho abdomen iva, afraid ouac ether
in a., moving o. ou account nl dehN aud asr luhnrl
coeoaine over ON the hkn inr Two hour before
operation then Inserted tho kuo through ihe SKIN ui
mi pain was fet Then bN Injection produced ln'rnai
hllt, removed the tumor cat into the ANcf ruchvd IL
To- the abdominal wall without amy pain being ttlt The
remarkable part Of the operation was That tue patient
was in better condition WhenI hnishcc than when be-