The British Medical Association

1171 In addition to t he above a large number of small operations were carried out in the Out-pat ient Depar tment under local anaesthesia, such as removal of nasal polypi, hyper t rophied turbinals, aural polypi and granulat ions , foreign bodies from the nose and ear, opening of peri-tonsillar abscess, tonsils, paracentesis of tympanic membrane, exploratory punc tu re of maxi l lary sinus and opening of ethmoidal cells. General anaesthesia was adminis tered on 1039 occasions, thus : Chloroform in 183 cases, e ther in 50, and chloride of ethyl in 800. No death occurred under an anassthetic.