![]() ![]() ĭespite the similar names, the anaesthetic mixture named "bichloride of methylene" did not contain the actual compound that would be called bichloride of methylene (Dichloromethane CH 2Cl 2). One doctor described using equal parts alcohol and chloroform in minor operations, but chloroform with Eau de Cologne (which has a high alcohol content) in dental procedures for a more pleasant experience. CE mixture omitted the alcohol and AC mixture omitted the ether. Other preparations Īfter widespread use of ACE mixture, anaesthetists would try different mixtures for different patients and different procedures. However, fewer deaths from ACE mixture were reported than deaths from chloroform or ether. ĭeaths have been known to occur from the mixture. Another downside of the mixture, as with most anaesthetics at the time, was its high flammability. He states one downside the " excited" state of patients on regaining consciousness after the anaesthetic, due to the alcohol in the mixture. Many anaesthetists favoured ACE mixture and one author in 1887 in the British Medical Journal considers the ACE mixture, at the time, the best anesthesia for general use and use in childbirth. However, some did question this experimentally at the time. ![]() See ' other preparations' below.Ĭhloroform (which was first used in 1847) used on its own produces myocardial depression, however the excitatory properties of the alcohol and ether contained with the chloroform in the ACE mixture was believed to reduce this. Usage ĪCE mixture was most commonly made up in the ratio: 1 part alcohol, 2 parts chloroform, and 3 parts ether although other ratios existed. Its actual safety margin over its components alone was marginal. Its effects were said to be between that of chloroform and ether and it was used when ether alone was contraindicated. It was a mixture of alcohol, chloroform and ether which gives the mixture its name. It was rarely used after the 19th century, except in Germany, where it was used for slightly longer. In 1864 it was recommended for use by the Royal Medical and Surgical Society's Chloroform Committee. It was first suggested by George Harley and first used in England around 1860. ACE mixture is an historical anaesthetic agent for general anaesthesia.
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