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Recently, while visiting the Paris clinics, my attention was called to the use of ether lavage of the peritoneal cavity in acute infections of the abdominal and pelvic viscera. Five of the municipal hospitals were using ether as a routine measure in all laparotomies. Morestin, surgeon to the Hopital Tenon, reported his experiences with ether at a meeting of the Societe de chirurgie, Feb. 12, 1913; Souligoux, surgeon to the Hopital de la Charite, made a similar report Feb. 19, 1913, before the same society. On May 21, June 4 and Oct. 22, 1913, additional reports were sent in confirming the earlier experiences, not alone from Paris, but also from provincial hospitals. 1 That the Societe de chirurgie should have discussed the same subject five times in nine months speaks for the interest aroused by this at first seemingly rather startling procedure. It was my privilege to watch the modus |
