When the news of the use of ether to produce narcosis for surgical purposes at the Massachusetts General Hospital first came to England, it did not attract so much attention as would otherwise have been the case, because English physicians and surgeons were just then preoccupied with the discussion of neuro-hypnotic anaesthesia, and those who believed in it thought that ether would not be necessary, while those who refused to believe thought the report with regard to ether just another of these curious self-delusions to which physicians seemed to be so liable.
"Health Through Will Power"
James J. Walsh
After the narcosis of that repast the spirit falls into a softer mood, eager only to be amused.
"The Haunted Bookshop"
Christopher Morley
Sleep-not only natural sleep, but also artificial narcosis, such as is produced by narcotics, hypnotics or hypnotization-is evidently the result of the same conditions.
"Psychotherapy"
James J. Walsh