Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-29
NEW ANFSTHETICS.
Sleep Potion From Which Man May Be
Aroused by Sound, but Not Touch.

From Public Opinion.
The important question of anesthetics has
recently been given a great deal OF atten-
ton. In European scientific circles. because
of two discoveries. One of them Is describ-
ed In La Nature of Paris. by DR.. A. Cartez.
and consists of vegetable alkaioid which
has been extensively used by Schneiderlein
OF Berlin The plant from which DR..
Schneiderlein obtains his alkaloid is the
scopola japonica. which is known as the
belladonna of Japan.
Schneiderlein and his pupils use a solu-
ton containing between milligram and
milligram and ne-quarter of scopOlina to
the cubic centimeter OF water. First sub
cutaneous injection is made two hours be-
fore the time set for the operation. sec
ond injection one hour before. and a third
one half hour before. To insure innocu-
BUSINESS It is well to add a little hydro
chlorate OF morphine in solution, that is.
centigram per cubic centimeter. From If
teen to twenty minutes after the first in
lection the patient feels an Irresistible de-
sire to sleep: he resists In vain, and finally
falls back and sleeps calmly and quietly.
After the second injection the sleep Is
deeper, the reflex movements diminish, and
although the patient opens his eyes IL
spoken to sharply. he falls to sleep again
Instantly. AT the third injection anesthesia
Is complete.
A curious fact is that the sleep is not so
deep that the patient may not be awakened
by calling to him loudly, but, on the other
hand. he can not be awakened by punching
or pinching him The operations should.
therefore. be performed in silence. Another
curious fact is that after the operations the
anesthesia lasts a sufficient length of time
to spare the patient the sufferings caused
by the wound, the dressings. and so forth.
After the operation the patient sleeps for
several hours, and some PATIENTS after eat
to-. .,,6 Irtr y.r,r Mt fhn nnd Of civ
again go to sleep. There Is not the slight
est recollection upon awakening of what
was done before. during after the op-
Grafton.
In the Correspondent NJ. Henri de Par
VILE describes a method which consists in
having the patient look at blue light
The invention Is that OF DR.. Redard Of
Geneva and was recently described at the
dental congress at Lucerne. II seems that
Dr. Redard observed that the blue light not
only acts as a sedatfve. but also exercises
a very marked anesthetic effect. To such
an extent is this true that sugical opera
lions of short duration, as, for example,
dental operations. may be performed with
out the least pain. The apparatus used is
very inexpensive. consisting OF an incan-
reflector and blue shade. The lamp Is
provided with a blue bulb, and is placed
at a distance of about six inches from the
patients head. the head Of the patient and
the lamp itself being covered with blue
satin shade. The patient must be told he
will feel no pain and to look at the lamp
with the eyes open. With the eyes closed
there is no success, but under the proper
conditions anesthesfa Is produced at the
end Of two or three minutes. The anes-
thetic condition may be told by the dflation
of the pupil OF the eye.