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Electric Anaesthesia and Electro-Narcosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

E. O. Longley
E. O. Longley*
Affiliation:
Universities' Federation for Animal Welfare, Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol
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In the following pages the use of electricity as an anaesthetic agent for man and animals is discussed. An attempt is made to assess the existing state of knowledge, but the issue is a complex one, and there are many gaps and contradictions in the story. Attention is later given to the now familiar use of electricity for the supposedly humane destruction of animals, in particular the pig, dog and cat, and these practices examined in the light of the reliable evidence.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 95 , Issue 398 , January 1949 , pp. 51 - 79
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1949 

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