The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-27
rHE sEATnK SUNDAY JANUARY q,

NJ the ssae under the skyisgfat. except
that IL Is nicely balanced ca wheels
This room conraarss nothing esse but
a lot OF Jars and cans. It IS the anes-
xfsesic rsEa I've patient goes TO sleep
On the tAtsle with wiseels. He does not
know when he Is swiftly transferred
30 the other table. When returning
consciousness comes ne II usSsasiy IN
bci All IN order, anyway. he Is whiskesi
out OF the Operating Foorn as soon as
may Be aftsr IL is oyer. The reason
he must not see IL all clean and cheer
ful beforehand - largely sentimental
but there is very tangible reason for
his not hooking afosa1 after The most
bkoodthsssy sncrtal that ever lived did
not banker for his own gore. No one
sees that yart.ssf il but ths doctors and
nurses. This particular operating room
has 10 function as a clinic Under no
circumstances are there spectators az
these operations 1t is not a college,
az1pstheaser. where surgeons saw
bones while medical students look on.
The door next the operating room and
Opposite the anesthetic room opens ON
the surgeons room. II contains hooks
for HIM 20 hang his coats. some forms
OF apparatus Tso< much used and some
chairs that seem 10 be used even less.
They are the only ones IN the three
rooms. and they have the air OF being
set there 10 set them out OF the way.
there is 81 little the hook OF a sitting
room about the place. Doctors may
prescribe for people sitting in chairs.
but surgery Is not done that way.
DIR. Mcdonald operates ON many
patients who could never take ether
or chloroforrn on account Of heart
trouble. He finds nitrous oxide free
from the bad effects of the other an
esthcsics-the nausea, the cold, cianrny
flesh. the stuQor. and most ot al the
shock. This last unwelcuene factor in
surgery. DR. McDonaid's ebpeFieEce
leads hinr-to attribute TO the aneSthetic
rather than to the operation whfch has
| always borne the blame for it. This
|. different usage in administering anes-
shetics has attracted attention IN med
| teal circles. and there is no doubt THAT
| laughing gas win gradually extend its
/ usefulness from the dental rooms to the
| surgeons practice. Recently DIR. Bran
son, the resident physician at the
! Homeopathic. was called upon to so
| all the way to Missouri to administer
| gas for a Surgical operation upon a
/ person whose constitution w>uid not
admit the use OF chloroform or ether.
| With the science or antaseptics at the
point where the wounds heal without
| the sleast suppuration-,this is the rule.
| not the exception now-and with that
blank gateway. the anesthetic. robbed
| OF its dangers. modern surgery has
reached a. poigst where operations. never
before attempted without the greatest
risk, are accomplished safely every
| day
This Is an stem IN thu society columns
In the pagers:
1.-THE beautiful and accomplished Mrs,
BIankley has returned from her au-
tuTnn outing and is raceivig the con-
ordinations OF her friends upon hez
improved health. All trace of her IN
disposition OF last spring seems to have
| disappeared, and the fresh mountain
air has restored her completely
This is the way they write 1t up for
the medical journals:
Case so. Nitrous oxide. Mrs. B,
/ Aged so. ATeolar hypeip1asia- gran
| ular endrornetrdtis and uterine my
/ omata- She was almost exsanguinated
and previous curettenent had proven
| or little avail. Treatment, Pratt f1ys-
| terectomy with notifications. Individ-
! ual characteristics, hypertrophy. vas
ctilarfty. and, what was worse, a hem
| orrhagic tendency due to diluted fluids
with consequent diminished coagula-
bility. Recovery without shock. NAUSEA,
: rightly. bronchial or laryngeai irrata,
] ton"
And this is the simple truth:
Mrs. BiaGikiey's summer was spent
In a hospital. where she got over being
exsangs1inated and came out with hel
coagulabflity ali right, and the only
reason none of those terrible names
proved fatal was because she took al
anesthetic and never knew what aalet
her.