The Detroit times., 1914-12-03
TWILIGHT SLEEP
NOT A NOVELTY
in THIS COUNTRY
More Than $4,000 American
Physicians Using Modifica-
tion of 1t
FREIBURG CLINIC REPORT
MADE 1T KNOWN TO LAITY
Properly Used, 1t is Perfectly
Safe for Infant and Measur-
ably So For Mother"

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.-When the re-
port OF the twilight sleep" OF the
Freiburg clinic appeared In magazines
recently. the new form OF anesthesia.
with its possibilities and advantages.
was revelation 10 the general pub
lie. In medical circles. however, II
has not created any furore, chiefly
because more than $4,000 American
physicians have been using q modih-
cation OF the formula that produces
the semi-slumber.
DR.. Emory Lanphear, chief surgeon
OF the German hospital In Pine-st.,
former president Of the Trt-State Med
teal society. introduced the use OF
the formula In America more than III
years ago.
mo. we don't cause crazy mothers
and the treatment does not bring any
blue babies" said DR.. Lanphear.
THE treatment has been used in
thousands OF cases In ST. Louis and
We have found the mortality among
children smaller and the amount OF
damage less under the twilight
sleep treatment than under the old
fashioned methods
This new form of anesthesia has
been used not only in maternity cases
but In all kinds OF major operations,
and the results have been remarkable.
Just recently / performed a most
painful and difficult operation on a
woman, using the twilight sleep
treatment. The patient was perfectly
conscious, she talked TO me. assisted
me in arranging things; in fact, she
was perfectly normal. apparently
That night / received telephone
message from the woman's husband
who said his wife wanted TO know
why had agreed to perform the op
GRAFTON at certain time and then
had failed to appear. The woman for
got that l had performed the opera
ton"
DR.. Lanphear explained the general
Ignorance OF the widespread use OF
the twilight sleep" in America by
saying that physicians, never very
laxative, have not considered II
necessary to educate their patients
They merely tell the patient that they
are going to administer some medi
cine that will six things up all right
and let the explanation go at that
They are afraid OF being criticised
for an innovation of this kind and d.
not care TO discuss the merits of thu
Treatment with the layman. Conse
lquenly the long-established use o
the twilight sleep received practi
cally no advertising until the Frei
burg clinic came before the publ
Ieye.
Speaking at a recent meeting OF tn
Tri-Sta Medical society, DR.. Ian
lphear said:
Some years ago when Schneider
Ilein announced a new form OF anes
thesia' by injection OF quarter OF
grain of morphine and one one-hur
dredth OF a grain OF scopolamine thre
hours, two hours and one hour befor
an operation. became enthusiasm
and used this method OF inducing VI
consciousness TO pain and forgetfu
ness OF operation in go cases-an
y then had a death.
Immediately discontinued the US
lof the combination. But the beantifu
results obtained In, the first SO case
we're so fascinating that | began a.
.vestigation OF the reason why m
ninetieth patient died. found, 4
the first place, that the doses wer
given too closely together; In IN
second place that two doses supple
mented by small amount OF chlort
form or ether would give better ar
esthesia, and in the third place tina
scopolamine Is a drug which Is VI