The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-25
ELECTRIC SLEEP"
LATEST MARVEL
Surgery, Long Hampered by Fear
of Effect on Heart, Is Promised
Wide Scope.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-Years
OF Investigation by noted surgeons tor
perfect anaesthetic which would
have no detrimental effect on the
heart or Other vital organs OF the pa
! tent have apparently been rewarded.
electricity has come TO the relief or
the surgeons, and investigation going
on mere and abroad just made public,
shows that electricity Is lar superior
To any OF the d,uss now used TO pro-
aucc analgesia.
This discovery. Il confirmed by flu
ture Investigations, as is confidently
expected. will mean revolution In
modern methods OF surgery. Persons
suffering from diseases that call for
operations. hut who cannot get relief
through danger OF death II put under
ether or chloroform. can be cured. for
electricity. when used as an anaes-
thetic, has no bad effects on the
heart
"Eleetrle Sleep" Not Fatal.
1t Produces a state OF insensibility.
Nv acting on the nerve centerS Of the
brain, that is called electric sleep .
The sleep is not fatal. and when the
electric current Is opened the intiu-
ence is Immediately lost and the pa
tient becomes conscious without feel
ing any of the aftereffects common
with drug anaesthetics.
Not only has electricity been found
Of service I'm surgical cases, but. ac-
cording to preliminary communica'
tions recently submitted to medical
journals by leading physicians. can be
used for resuscitating electrocuted
animals.
The investigators are confident that
n this idea Is developed IL will only
be a short time before 1t will be pos
sible to Tesuscitate human beings who
have been eleetrocuted.
To Stephane Leduc OF Naples the
medical profession is indebted for the
comprehensive study of electric
sleep" He has conducted numerous
experiments on animals. most OF
them being very successful. and other
investigators are following in his
footsteps.
Woman Surgeon Successful.
In this country the chief investl.
gator I'm this field has been a woman
doctor of New York city. DR.. Louise
c. Robinovltch DR. Robinovitch has
performed some of the most delicate
operations known to surgery with
electricity as her anaesthetic, and
has been very successful. All her op-
eratlons have been on animals, the
WORK being still too much In the ex-
perimental stage to be used freely on
human beings.
Some OF the operations she has sue
cessfully performed are trepanning
within exposure OF the brain, expos
ure OF the large arteries of the neck
and operations calling for abdominal
sections. She has found that electri'
city can be used in operations that
are either local or internal, and with
equal succeSs.
In some cases when IL is used local
ly the patient is awake and can see
the operation, as when stCvaine is
used. without experiencing any pain.
At the Philadelphia general hosDi-
tai the city will shortly procure the
necessary apparatus to be used TO
produce the electric sleep" and Nill
conduct a series Of exhaustive inves-
legations DR.. Mihran Krikor Kassa-
bian. director OF the Roentgen ray la,
boratory at the Philadelphia hospital.
Is now engaged in this work with DR..
Solomon Solls-Cohen.