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Excerpt from Quarterly Compendium of Medical Science: A Synopsis of the American and Foreign Literature of Medicine, Surgery, and Natural Sciences; January, 1886
Dr. C. S. Wood, of New York, said that in New York at least carbolic acid had been very largely used in the treatment of burns ever since Dr. Squibb had called attention to the matter. He thought it probable that the anesthesia in Dr. Govan'a case had been caused bv the oil, but that the comatose condition resulted from the inhalation of the vapor of naphtha arising from it. 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.
