OCR Text |
Show MAN JVHO'CONQtJERS PAIN GIVES FORMULA .TO AMERICAN, ARMY.' 'OordonvEdwarda,T the "man who conquered pain," 18 about to place at tho disposal of, our surgeon sur-geon general his remarkable anaesthetic. an-aesthetic. b After four years' work on tho British, Belgian, Frnch t and Italian fronts, he has returned to America to consult the medical officials of our army. ,j3swsjWtirH )tf The anaesthetic is applied by means of a spray In a flno Jet directly di-rectly on the raw aurfaco. Tho nervos aro deadened -within 90 seconds and the patient feels no sensation at all when adherent gauze Is removed and the raw sur-faco sur-faco dressed. The elimination of pain from wounds alone has saved many lives, j Terrific pain 13 almost always al-ways accompanied by what Is known as shock, and a conditlonj of collapse which prevents the patient pa-tient from eating, sleeping or convalescing naturally. His vitality vital-ity la therefore lowered, sometimes some-times to a point from which it la Impossible , for him to rally, and to recovery Is greatly retarded or the patient does not get well. Furthermore, pain prevents tho "dressing of wounds In a thorough manner and thus it is often dllll-cult dllll-cult to keep bad woundB clean and freshly dressed, because of the fright and agony the patient suffers suf-fers when dressings are changed.! For this reason an anaesthetic which penults of frequent treatment treat-ment for the wounds removed one of the moat orlous agents work-Vig work-Vig against recovery pain.' rvt "j'Tr '"" -v v:'v ' , ' -w ' "j cx - ',v , ' .. 1 GORDON EDWARDS, AMERT- ' CAN ENGINEER WHO INTRODUCES INTRO-DUCES NEW ANAESTHETIC, i AND BELOW-EDWARDS (right) ADMINISTERING TREATMENT I WHILE DR. MARCILLE. FA- I MOUS FRENCH SURGEON, INVENTOR IN-VENTOR OF THE HOSPITAL ON ! WHEELS, PERFORMS OPERA- I TJON. . |