Excerpt from Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, 1855, Vol. 11 Were it not transcending our prescribed limits, and digressing from the subject proposed, cases might be adduced illustrative of the views advanced. It is true there are some instances in which all resources fail, in which every eflort is unavailing, and we become impotent spectators of destruction we cannot prevent; but we consider Chloroform, a most important and valuable addition to our means for the treatment of this truly terrific disease, in which it will greatly reduce the number of fatal cases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.