Abstract
The ideal anesthetic is still being sought and the day is not far distant when, in my opinion it will be found. Spinal anesthesia, as with all science, is constantly changing and fortunately progressing. In this progress the profession must have faith, and out of it will emerge a more exact knowledge as to the use of the various spinal anesthetics employed today. Records of anesthesia must be standardized, so that the immediate and remote effects of these drugs may be carefully studied. When this is accomplished, one should be able to develop positive opinions rather than impressions regarding the choice of the anesthetic. This choice must not only afford safety to the patient but also produce ideal conditions so that the surgeon may employ his technic of gentleness, accuracy and speed in the performance of the operation. The only contraindication in the use of spinal anesthesia, in properly selected
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