...surgery, for he did no more than suggest that, " as nitrous oxide in its extensive operations appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably...in which no great effusion of blood takes place."* The savants of the whole time between 1800 and 1844 appear to have boon equally regardless of that...

...as ' nitrous oxide in its extension, seems capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably bo used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place.' Nor was this an accidental conjecture of genius, but the result of ten months' experiments ; so that...

...Towards the conclusion of his book he adds : — "As nitrous oxyde, in its extensive operations, appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operatious in which no great effusiou of blood takes place." agent, in a direction to which coutemporaneous...

...its extensive operations, appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used luith advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place." agent, in a direction to which contemporaneous attention was not, as afterwards, leaning. Upon these...

...expressed in the following oft-quoted words: "As nitrous oxide in its extensive application appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably...in which no great effusion of blood takes place." (Researches, etc., concerning Nitrous Oxide and its Respiration, Bristol, June, 1800.) While this suggestion...

...Gas and its Respiration, in which he says, " As nitrous oxide, in its extensive operations, appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably...with advantage during surgical operations, in which uo great effusion of blood takes place." Sir Humphrey Davy had inhaled the gas repeatedly for headache...

...Geschichte der chirurgischen Anästhesie denkwürdigen Worte nieder: „As nitrous oxide in its expensive Operation seems capable of destroying physical pain,...in which no great effusion of blood takes place." Die Versuche Davy's wurden in England und auch auf dem Continent, wie es scheint, mit wechselndem Erfolg...

...gases, he wrote, near the end of his essay : " As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably...in which no great effusion of blood takes place." It seems strange that no one caught at a suggestion such as this. True, the evidence on which it was...

...of gases, he wrote, near the end of his essay: "As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably...in which no great effusion of blood takes place." It seems strange that no one caught at a suggestion such as this. Yet no one earnestly regarded it....

...oxide in its extensive operations seems capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used to advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place." After numerous trials, the process now universally employed was devised ; it consists in decomposing...