Abstract
<h2>Summary</h2> <ul><li>1.One thousand cases delivered under "minimal dose spinal anesthesia" are reported. There were 1,008 deliveries, there being eight sets of twins.</li><li>2.Metycaine, 22.5 mg. (1.5 c.c. of a 1.5 per cent solution), was found to be the minimal practical dose, and was used in every instance in this reported series.</li><li>3.Method of administration is described in detail.</li><li>4.Method of delivery and maternal morbidity is analyzed.</li><li>5.There were no instances of the usually feared side effects of spinal anesthesia in the obstetric patient.</li><li>6."Minimal spinal anesthesia" in this series proved to be a safe and desirable anesthetic method for operative vaginal delivery, and the results indicate it deserves a place in the obstetrician's armamentarium for use in selected cases.</li></ul>
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