Note 133 — ON THE INHALATION OF CHLOROFORM, ETC. (continued 4)

See some interesting papers on the value of recumbent position in syncope, by Dr. Richardson, in the Association Medical Journal for 1854. I entirely agree with Dr. Richardson that no kind of syncope commences at the brain, and that, during recovery, the heart always resumes its functions before consciousness is restored. The restoration of the heart’s action in ordinary syncope by the re-supply of blood to its cavities, without any alteration in the condition of the brain, was well proved by Dr. Richardson by means of some interesting experiments on animals which I had the opportunity of witnessing.