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ternational Medical Congress, held at Paris, 1900. Co- 

 caine in solution, absolutely sterile, is employed to the ex- 

 tent of one-quarter or three-eighths of a grain, and is in- 

 jected, with all antiseptic precautions, between the third 

 and fourth lumbar vertebrae. The antelgesia, resulting, per- 

 mits operative work below the diaphragm, such as, the re- 

 moval of the kidney, the radical cure of hernia, operations 

 on the extremities, etc., without the patient experiencing 

 pain to any extent, while labor, also, is said to be almost 

 painlles/s, bust ait present, the unpleasant and, oftentimes, 

 alarming symptoms, such as vertigo, pallor, nausea, vom- 

 iting, etc., as well as some few deaths, that have been re- 

 ported, prevent it from being ranked as an ideal anaes- 

 thetic. 



