Anesthesia


Chloroform mask (6)

Chloroform-Maske (...
Chloroform-Maske (...
 

 

  

From the estate of the physician Camille GLAESENER (1887-1952) this mask comes from ESMARCH with its original cover made of flannel cloth (in our case with moth infestation). On the back, this cover was "hooked" to a button near the handle.
Disadvantage of this covering: the chloroform came in contact with the skin and irritated it.



"Murder in narcosis
"In the Rothen-Kreuzspitale (where?) A painful operation on a patient was to be carried out a few days ago, one was given the same chloroform, but the patient, an exceptionally well-built man and drinker, woke up from the anesthesia immediately after the first cut he was furious, and he snatched the razor-sharp knife from the doctor, and, although several persons were present, the patient had, before he could be restrained, Professor Ragout, and a twenty-year-old nun, who helped out as a nurse, stabbed him to the heart The two-time murderer was taken to the inquisitive hospital and handcuffed there, and as the doctors recognized that anesthesia was impossible, the man was fully conscious of the operation, which was favorable, and the professors believe that the killer will recover as soon as possible Already one deals with the question, whether the murderer will not go unpunished, since the That in half unconscious state has been accomplished "(Obermoselzeitung of 8.10.1889).