Provo Daily Enquirer | 1893-01-13 | Page 4 | Fare Narcotic Death

I 1 aab are narcotic beath under chloroform as under all alws gases and vapors there is a mode of death which maybe may be called the final or natural it need never be produced and never could be except under the most unskillful management and it is a long iong time in its progress when death does occur in this manner it is by the tha slow extinction of the natural animal and is illustrated as to method perfectly by the simple experiment of gradually extinguishing a candle in a confined space by introducing vapor of chloroform into the air that fills the space it can be illustrated also by the experiment peri ment of stopping ordinary fermentation by tho the presence of chloroform and even by the th e simpler process of using 9 chloroform vapor as a preservative of animal tissues from decomposition all anesthetics aness are open to kill in this manner nei but that is the safest anwat hetio which puts out life in no other manner which does not that is to say cause either of the reflexes of spasmodic character during administration