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The behavior of 145 United States and Canadian children undergoing tonsillectomy was compared to that of sibs or normal controls. Contrary to the findings of several recent studies, no significant evidence of post‐hospitalization upset was found, nor were differences discovered between the Canadian and the U.S. groups.

SummaryThe nitrous oxide and halothane contamination in the inspired air of anaesthetists and in the atmospheres oJ'operating theatres, anaesthetic induction and recovery rooms, were measured during normal unmodified h,orking sessions in 20 hospitals using integrated personal samplers. The nitrous oxide (and halothane) leoels ranged from < I0 to 3000 ppm ( < 0.1 to 60ppm)

A 51~-YEAB-OLD BOY was admitted to the Montreal Children's Hospital for elective adeno-tonsillectomy on November 15, 1965. His parents were healthy, as were three older children. The patient had weighed 2.04 kg. at birth and had been admitted to hospital at 22~ weeks for staphylococcal septicemia, and again at 6 months for bronchopneumonia. His subsequent development had been slow-he had sat at 1~ years, walked at 2 years, and had delayed tooth eruption. At 2~ years he had suffered a slight head injury leading to headaches. He had received aspirin and antibiotics without drug reaction. He was first seen at the Montreal Children's Hospital at age 5 for squint, for which glasses were prescribed. A little later he was seen for nervousness, enuresis, and retarded growth. His condition was then categorized as "failure-to-thrive," and chronic