Methyl Ethyl Ether

Methylene ether, C 3 H 8 O.

Authorities. Effects of inhalation. 1 , Dr. Brookhouse, Br. Med. J., 1873, seven cases; 2 , Dr. Burroughs, Br. Med. J., 1870, three cases.

The excitement was very slight, [1] .

All the cases were very troublesome, screaming and restless, [2] .

Pupils medium sized and fixed, [1] .

Pupils contracted, [1] . Face suffused and purple; capillary congestion was marked , [1] .

Face flushed, [1] . Face flushed; the lips purple, [1] .

Became very blue, but recovered very rapidly, [2] . Face pale , [1] .

Subsequently sick , [1] .

Very slight sickness, [1] .

Very sick, subsequently, [1] . Respiration slow and feeble, [1] .

Pulse 120, before administration (he was nervous and frightened); it fell 16 per minute during insensibility, [1] .

Pulse 104, before the operation; it fell to 78 during the inhalation, and was unsatisfactory in quality, [1] .

Pulse before the operation 96; it fell to 68, and was small and weak, [1] .

Pulse before the operation 84; fell to 60 during the anaesthesia, and became intermittent, [1] . Pulse fell away quickly, 14 beats per minute; he was allowed to recover, when the pulse rose 20; was put under a second time without any alteration of pulse, [1] .

Anaesthesia in a minute and a half; the time of operation three minutes; recovery in five minutes, [1] . Anaesthesia in two minutes; recovery quick, [1] .

Anaesthesia produced in two minutes; the time of operation was six minutes; she recovered in four minutes, [1] .

Anaesthesia was produced in three minutes; the time of operation was two minutes; the time of recovery was four minutes, [1] . Anaesthesia in three minutes; under its influence three or four minutes, when he was allowed to recover; he was put under a second time; the time of recovery was four minutes, [1] .

Anaesthesia in five minutes; under its influence eight minutes, [1] .

Anaesthesia in eight or ten minutes; operation in five minutes; recovery quick, [1] .

Incomplete anaesthesia, [2] . None became perfectly anaesthetized, [2] .

No complete anaesthesia after two minutes and a half had elapsed, [2] .

Insensible for a few seconds, [2] .

During partial unconsciousness, manifested feelings of a sensuous character, [1] .