Transcriber’s notes: The text of this e-book has been preserved as in the original, including archaic spellings, but some illustrations have been repositioned closer to the relevant text. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Subscripted text is enclosed within curly brackets preceded by an underscore. [Illustration: AN OPERATION ON THE EYE From an MS. of the XIII century] [Illustration: A SURGEON PERFORMING AN OPERATION From a woodcut of the XVII century] ANÆSTHETICS ANTIENT AND MODERN AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ANÆSTHESIA BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO. London (Eng.) _Branches_: New York Montreal Sydney Cape Town [All rights reserved INDEX PAGE Anæsthesia, Dawn of, 7 Anæsthesia, Chloroform for, 69 Anæsthesia in Romance, 23 Anæsthesia in Roman Times, 17 Anæsthesia in the Antient Poets, 25 Anæsthesia, Local, in Antient Times, 27 Anæsthetic, an Antient Chinese, 18 Anæsthetics, Early Egyptian, 7 Anæsthetic, an Early Irish, 19 Anæsthetic, Freezing as an, 27 Anæsthetic, Mesmerism as an, 34 Anæsthetics used by the Hindus, 18 Anæsthetics, Chemical Era of, 30 Anæsthetics in the Middle Ages, 19 Anæsthetics, Local, 67 Anæsthetics of Antient Greece, 11 Carbon Tetrachloride, 67 Chloric Ether, 58 Chloroform, Discovery of, 58 Chronology, 73 Cocaine, 68 Colton, Dr. G. Q., 41 Davy, Sir Humphry, 33 Ether Epoch, 44 Ether, Sulphuric, 33 Ethyl Bromide, 67 Eucaine, 68 Faraday, Michael, 33 Holmes, Dr. Oliver Wendell, 52 Hypnotism, 37 Indian Hemp, 9 Jackson, Charles T., 50 “Letheon”, 52 Lycoperdon, 19 Mandragora, 11 Methyl Chloride, 66 Morphine, 29 Morton, W. T. G., 54 Nitrous Oxide Era, 41 Novocaine, 69 Opium, 27 Oxygen, 30 Priestley, Joseph, 32 Simpson, Sir James Young, 63 Stovaine, 69 Sulphuric Ether, 33 Wells, Horace, 42 [Illustration: Comment adam et eue furent crees au ij · et au · iiij · c · de genesis _From a woodcut of the XV century_