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MAX UNGER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1938;27(5):618-621.

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I began the practice of otolaryngologic surgery in the late Dr. Emil Mayer's clinic over twenty-five years ago and had the benefit of Dr. Mayer's careful and thorough instruction in his specialty. I also had close hand knowledge of the work on the toxic effects of local anesthetics done by Dr. Mayer and his associates¹ for the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association. With the precepts and recommendations of Dr. Mayer and his committee in mind, I did many intranasal operations with cocaine anesthesia without a mishap and almost reached the state of mind where I thought "This can't happen here." Well, it did happen. During the course of a submucous resection of the nasal septum, symptoms of acute cocaine poisoning developed. The patient recovered after desperate and intensive work, but the experience was so harrowing that I was impelled to make another study of Dr. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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