2, 19,35] CORRESPONDENCEMEIAJURA density spinocaine for those involving operations below the umbilical level. My experience between two hospitals has involved the use of spinal anaesthesia in well over two thousand cases. I have used it also in combination with amnesics-notably avertin-and in less degree with the barbiturates, gas and oxygen, and with morphine and hyoscine. Its use is undoubtedly enhanced by an amnesic or some suitable deterrent to the patient's consciousness of his surroundings. Mr. Flint stresses the fall in blood pressure. This undoubtedly occurs, and although it may in some part
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