“…The degree of postoperative liver dysfunction appears to be uninfluenced by the type of anaesthesia used (Little and Given, 1964;Joseph, 1964). Retrospective studies of the incidence of postoperative liver failure have shown it to be relatively unaltered irrespective of the changes which have occurred in anaesthetic methods (Dawson et al, 1963;Mazzia, 1963;Keeri-Szant6 and Lafleur, 1963;Wilson, Tarrow and Garvin, 1964;Allen and Metcalf, 1964;Slater et al, 1964;Mushin et al, 1964;Reichmann and Wohlgemuth, 1964;Collins and Fabian, 1964;Henderson and Gordon, 1964).…”