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To Editor: —I have just receivedThe Journal, May 7, in which there is an article entitled Brachial Plexus Block: Its Clinical Application. To some of statements made I must take friendly issue. In one part of article in question statement is made in effect that practice of seeking for paresthesias in extremities in doing a brachial plexus block is dangerous and not to be countenanced, and that the cords of plexus cannot be touched by needle with impunity. Kulenkampff is an acknowledged master in this work and is, after Hirschel (whose method of axillary approach to brachial plexus nerve block is not commonly used), a pioneer in field and protagonist of supraclavicular route of approach. Heinrich Braun, too, needs no introduction as a surgeon and student of local anesthesia. Now, it has been my privilege to be under
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