Latin, Aethylis Chloridum (Gen., Aethylis Chloridi)

Eng., Ethyl Chloride. A colorless liquid.

Therapeutic Action

Anesthetic.

Uses

Employed to produce local and general anesthesia. It is used as a general anesthetic when only a brief period of unconsciousness is desired, or when rapid effect is wished. It is often used at the beginning of anesthesia, and then followed with ether.

As a local anesthetic it acts by rapid evaporation from the surface on which it is sprayed; heat is removed and the part may be rapidly frozen.

Ethyl Chloride is on the market in bottles, but the most con-

1 Hughes: Practice of Medicine.

Aethylmorphinae hydrochloridum. alcohol. 55 venient package for general use is that equipped with a device that permits any part to be used as a spray and the balance retained.

Aethylmorphinae Hydrochloridum

See Opium, p. 239.