Dr. Aschendorf has attributed the death of a child a year old to chloroform.[129] The child had a nævus on the face and neck, which extended from the zygoma to the os hyoides, and from the external auditory meatus to the maxillary fossa. No one had been willing to undertake its removal. Dr. Aschendorf operated on the nævus at three different times, by means of seton threads. These operations were performed under the influence of chloroform. The tumour was reduced one-third part in size by these means, and eleven weeks afterwards Dr. Aschendorf determined to extirpate it. The chloroform was administered as on the former occasions, by placing six drops on some tow in a cup. In about ten minutes, as the child cried a little, three drops more of chloroform were used for inhalation, and in about eight minutes more the operation was concluded. “On raising the child it laid its head on one side, convulsive twitches of the face were observed, with distortion of the eyeballs and dilatation of the pupils. For one moment the arms were stretched out stiff, then again they were relaxed, and fell as supple as the rest of the body. Death quickly followed—only one pulsation of the heart and a single râle with the expiration being perceived.” There can be no doubt of this being a case of death from hæmorrhage, after the direct effects of the chloroform had subsided. Dr. Aschendorf says the quantity of blood lost was about two tablespoonfuls; but it would be necessarily removed by sponges during the operation, and there would be no means of estimating the quantity. The child was probably in a state of syncope during the latter part of the operation, as it would not remain insensible to the knife for eight minutes from a single application of chloroform.