A NEW ANAESTHETIC.
An operation of a highly interest" ing nature was performed at the Northern Wairoa Hospital last week, under the new anaesthetic
“.stovaine.” The patient was deemed an improper subject for chloroform. Dr. Marchesini 'informed him of this, and explained fully the operation and effects of stovaine, and he agreed to undergo the treatment. The stovaine was injected, and in five minutes the sufferer was ready to he operated on. The operation, which lasted one hour, was highly successful. The patient retained consciousness all the time, but was absolutely free from pain. In an interview a few hours alter the operation, he said he had felt nothing during the operation, and in fact believed he could have walked off the table into bed had he been allowed. “Stovaine” is reported to have been used for two years in the Napier Hospital, and during that time Dr. W. W. Moore, late superintendent of the hospital, and the house surgeon, Dr. I. S. Wilson, used it in sixty instances with very excellent results. It is understood that the drug has been known hi New Zealand for five years, and during that time has been used chiefly in dentistry. Stovaine may be described as first cousin of cocaine, but, according to a medical authoritv, it can hardly be described as “absolutely safe.” It has its advantages and disadvantages, but it is preferable to chloroform. The application is effected with a needle enclosed in a fine tube five inches long. This is thrust into the spinal column, with hardly any pain. The needle is then withdrawn, and the stovaine injected through the tube with a syringe. It acts oh the nerves, and completely deprives all the parts of sensation, the patient remaining fully conscious. It is much safer than chloroform, and can be used in cases where the latter is impossible owing to weakness of the heart. One doctor can administer it as well as perform the operation. The effects last for two or three hours, and leave no sickly feeling behind.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 806, 1 February 1910, Page 2
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340A NEW ANAESTHETIC. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 806, 1 February 1910, Page 2
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