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Show Anaesthetics Cause Deaths. The annual returns of tho Hrltlsh registrar-general show a steady In-crenso In-crenso of mortality from anaesthesia slnco 18G3. Dr. A. D. Wnlicr of tho University of London, says that dcatlis due to chloroform, tho popular anaesthetic In England, nro caused by too much concentration of tho Inhaled In-haled vapor. A pump, Invented, by Dr. Dubois of Lyons, has proveu ltilf especially effective In anaesthetizing aulninls, and has been tried on humans hu-mans with satisfactory results. |