Excerpt from Oral Anaesthesia Local Anaesthesia in the Oral Cavity: Technique and Practical Application in the Different Branches of Dentistry Does general Anaesthesia or Analgesia fulfill these require ments? Certainly not. How can we perform delicate dental operations, if we have to watch a more or less complicated machine, as well as the action of the narcotic on the patient, and how unpractical is general anaesthesia for exodontia and minor oral surgery in the mouth. Mouth prop, inability of the patient to cooperate, obscured field of operation by saliva and blood, which is swallowed and inhaled, endless sponging pro longing the operation, are only some of the disadvantages. This created the desire for something better. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.